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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-14

the tremendous irrigation system, by
great rivers which ran through the
country. These ruined waterways are
the marvel of modern engineers, who
wonder at the scientific achievements
Of thousands of years ago. But all Of
these could be restored to usefulness,
and the rich soil, almost virgin now
after its centuries of rest, could once
more be brought to yield abundantly
/ to its cultivators.
The record of the*rai1road, which has
been in operation only for few years,
and over small territory, is an indica-
ton of what may, be expected here
after. The first year of its operation
this railroad carried 800 car loads Of
wheat, the second it had TOO of that
cereal to carry. The first year it haul
ed but 70 car loads of rye, the second
200. The first year there were 400 car
loads of corn, the second there were
700.
So the story runs for these staple
products, which are wanted always in
the worlds markets. The railroad al
ways has done much to alter the char
&acter OF the country, to build up towns,
to open factories and bring good Euro
pean colonists to cultivate its SOIL One
-of the chief bars to the progress of the
country has been the shiftless Turkish
Inhabitants. They will not use any
modern tools, they do not want to be
rich, they do not want to learn. They
do not know what a barrow is, and a
cultiVator or harvesting machine is
something entirely beyond their COM
prehension All they care for is
enough coffee to drink and enough to-
1baeco to smoke. ss *s
They will not sit ia the seats on the
railway, but squat on the floor, SO that
Isat last It was necessary to take out the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-14

tune in view for his daughter. The
rejected young man thereupon de-
parted for his remote estates and
proceeded to make lovefto the cousin
of his nearest nelghbor's wife, which
conduct coming to the ears vof his
mother in Paris brought that lady,
with her daughter, promptly upon the
scene. To their horror they walked in
upon the young man and the young
girl, sitting upon sofa making love
in the American fashion, with no
chaperon in sight.
The mother took possession of the
field. The young people were sent to
their respective rooms, and the mother
OF the girl who had committed the
unutterable breach was sent for. Not
only was her daughter without money.
but she was without manners or NOR
ais, the young mans mother pointed
out. Was ever proper French girl
known to be alone with man, not to
speak of the crime of letting him put
his arm about her? They wanted her
son because he had property, but she
was there to foil their plot. They
must promise to let him alone, and he
should promise to keep away from the
girl. All of which was done, and the
mother drove away to take the return
train to Paris, but at the station she
reconsidered. She did not trust her
son. French mothers seldom do, still
less the girl. She decided to stay over
night near the station and return to
her son the next day. Again she found
scene that reminded her of what she
had heard of American love-making.
The matter was too grave for words.
Madame promptly fell in a fit. When
she recovered she disinherited her son
and returned to Paris.
Soon after the American returned
home she heard that the son had gone
to Madagascar, and that peace and for
giveness had made the household re-
united and happy. When he returns to
France he will find several dozen gar
ments added to his outfit, and he will
probably find also suitably lowered
young woman whom he will not see
alone before marriage, and who will
be his mothers ideal of a daughter
in-law
Thus is the devotion of French moth
ers to the interests of their children
proved and their family "honor" susr
tanned.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-14
JURY DODGERS

Can't zEvade the Duties OF Citizenship in
New York.
New York Tribune: Hereafter the
average man will find it much harder
to secure exemption from jury duty.
This is on account of the new jury
law. According to this law, which
will cause many a man to sigh, there
will be no chance to offer excuses
which for years have secured exemp-
ton for so many. In former days it
was the custom for all those who did
not look upon jury duty as an unal-
loyed pleasure to appear before the
court when the trial jurors were sum-
moned and say that it would be i'm
possible for them to serve, as the grass
on their lawn needed cutting, or they
had made plans to make avisit to the
beach. Sometimes it was boil or
again nothing more serious than a
mosquito bite, that gave a man i'm
munity from sitting in judgment on
the deeds of his peers. It was the reg
ular thing to see mad rush afor the
presiding justice when he opened the
hearing for the trial jurors. Carefully
considered excuses we're presented In
writing by thoughtful men, who had
carefully weighed the Inconvenience
of jury duty, and if one excuse did not
suit the justice another would be pre-
sented. Now things have all been
changed. and there are few things that
will allow, man to escape from serv-
ing his time in the jury box. An ex-
animation will be made to see that a
man is qualified by law to serve as a
juror, and if he is, there will, be no
escape for him, except tn rare cases.
The result Of the new order of things
will be that the jury panels will be
| quickly filled, and the average juror
willsbe much higher in the scale Of
ability than at present. The busy man
| will find that his duty as a citizen
| must5com before his devotion to lis
business. The new jury law was
passed by the last legislature through
the efforts of Justice William ]. Cay
nor. = -
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TO TRAVERSE THE GARDEN* or EDEN.

play. Then an aged woman assumed
a point Of vantage ten feet away. II.
have been blind for S. years She
started the opposition Another came,
bearing the legend: "My husband and
all my children are dead Help my
family" Pretty soon man on
crutches appeared with an accordeon.
Then came a boy with mouth organ.
He leaned against 4, big store close
by. All five were within space Of
thirty square feet. Curious passers-by
stopped and wondered. The crowd
grew. Van Buren street was soon
filled and State street partially choked.
Special watchmen in the vicinity final
ly induced the vagrantS to scatter, but
they kept on playing at Intervals Of a
block. s.,-
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1873, but all for nothing, on account Of
the complications with Russia which
then ensued.
It was Russia's turn some years later
to seek similar privilege, but this,
too, was denied, although the attempt
to hide the real purpose of cutting
England out was cloaked by the pre-
tense that the road would run from
Tripoli to the gulf and connect with
Bagdad by branch road. But the
porte feared to give the Boer foothold
in Asia Minor, and the project was dis
missed.
At last Germany succeeded in doing
what all OF the other powers had failed
to accomplish. In October, 1888, the
German bank concluded an arrange
ment with the Turkish minister of in
ternal affairs, by which it undertook to
build a railway from port opposite
Constantinople, first to Angora, and
later to Koniah. On Nov. 27, 1892,
four years later. than the. signing of
the agreement, the first train was run
from Ismid to Angora, and the An
tolian railroad was an established in
stitution. : Kaiser Wilhelm has not
shown himself friend Of the porte for
nothing. He desired an outlet for Ger
man industry and capital, and he has
found an excellent one. How excellent
the world is just beginning to find out.
The extension Of this railway from
Koniah, first to Bagdad, about 1000
miles, and thence to Bassora on the
Persian gulf, another 400 miles, has
been a pet scheme Of the enterprising
young monarch. The move by which
England now undertakes this work is
but one result Of the entente cordiale
lately sealed between him and his
grandmother. It means much for both
Great Britain and Germany. To Great
Britain it means new and short route
to India, a saving Of at least five days
over. the Suez canal route; to Germany
It means a new field for colonization
and good feeder for her road already
in operation.
The value Of d the country through
which these roads will pass has been
little considered, perhaps because Of
the degeneration from which it has so
long suffered. A glance at the past Of
this land OF wealth is necessary to an
understanding Of its future.
:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-14

seats and leave the passenger coaches
almost like cattle cars. Some of them
at first refused to utilize the cars for
riding or for shipping, but this preju
dice is now passing away, as the in
creased earnings of the railway show.
The chief dependence Of the future,
however, lies not upon the present pop
ulation, but upon the immigrants
which the railway brings with it. In
stead OF taking days to transport
goods, with great risk from Bedouins
in caravans, they are now shipped in
hours by the railway. -..
The sparse population, which seemed
to be an objection at first, now proves
an advantage, for the newcomers from
Europe have no difficulty in finding all
the room they require.
II the question now be asked: @'What
can the land producer" the answer
might be given, EVERY thing" for the
climates of the different parts of Asia
Minor and Mesopotamia are so different
that almost anything that grows can
be raised successfully somewhere in
this broad domain. It is the railway
that will bring the needed energy to
make the whole land blossom and
bloom from end to end.
Croesus, king of Lydia, is reported to
have drawn his wealth from the sands
of the river Pactolus, heavy with gold.
The mountains whence this stream
originates must still have untold treas
ure hidden in their bowels. Only of late
European enterprise has awakened to
the facts; and several companies are
now working the silver, copper, iron
and lead mines of the mountains.
According to legends, which are al
most history, Mithridates found his
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-14

Asia Minor, every schoolboy knows,
was the seat of the worlds earliest and
highest civilization. Here were AS
syria and Babylonia, enjoying the
sciences and arts five thousand years
B.. G.. We know from the Tel-Ambarna
letters that Egypt anxiously sought an
alliance with Assyria 1900 B. c. Less
than thousand years later Palestine
was overrun by her warriors and the
Jews were taken captive in Assyria.
Phoenicia, with her ships plying all
over the then known world, was situat-
ed on the western border of this land.
. Croesus, the richest man known to his
tory, was king in Asia Minor. The
fourishing settlements OF the Greeks
were situated on the northwestern
shores, and there, too, stood ancient
sMycenae. 1t was the battlefield of the
] nations, where Greeks, Parthians, Ro-
mans fought for supremacy. Here
were the realms of Cyrus and Alexan-
sder the Great. The degeneration of
this fertile land began first by the de-
cline of its ruling dynasties, and then
when it became part of the world
embracing Byzantine empire in the
seventh century.
: In the thirteenth century it was
k overrun by the Mongolian hordes in
their western emigration, to, be eter-
nally doomed by the conquest of Sutan
I Selim in the sixteenth. Ever since
then it has been the property of the
Turkish empire.
s. What was once is now again made
possible. This country was the gran
ary of the world, its mines provided it's
rulers with untold wealth, it's fruits
were the delightful food of countless
lands. All this was made possible by
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-14
English Syndicate Has Secured Concession to Build Line to
the Persian Gulf. .,.-

The report comes from Europe that
an English syndicate has secured sa
concession from the sultan of Turkey
to build a railroad through the
Euphrates valley to the Persian gulf
II this be true, as is most probably the
case, we shall soon be able to 60 by
rail to the site of the Garden of Eden,
as It is located by the Bible. *Z1
Readers of Genesis will remember
that it is stated in the second chapter
verses 8-14, that "The Lord God plant-
ed a garden eastward in Eden; and
there he put the man whom he had
formed and a river went out
of Eden to water the garden; and
from thence 1t was parted, and became
into four heads" or streams, two Of
which were the Tigris and the
Euphrates. s#
It is reasoned from these statements
that the Biblical Garden of Eden was
in Mesopotamia, the district lying be-
tween the rivers Tigris and Euphrates.
This being the case, it is no exaggera7
ton to say that the new railroad which
is to be constructed along the VALLEY of
the Euphrates will pass through the
site OF the Garden of Eden. Ei IA
The Importance of the project does
not, however, lie in this, but in the
great country which will be opened I'd
trade and European influence by this
railway. The project of building a
railroad from Constantinople to the
Persian Gulf was broached many years
ago, being first put into practical shape
by the great engineer De Lesseps, who
petitioned the sultan to that end, but in
vain. England has tried before to OBJ
tain this concession, having entered
upon negotiations for this purpose in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-04-14
BRIDE TO H
Tilted Him, but Furnishe6 y Substitutes
and Therv Was Wedding. 1s

cense Office often develops stories in
the lives of applicants for legal author
ity to wed which are not only unique,
but extraordinarily interesting, but
this morning the circumstances stated
to Clerk Graham, so he says, has not
had an equal since he took the desk,
when Vincent Sudowsky and Ladora
Urbaickait came to him to have a Il
cense Cancelled which had been issued
on Aug. 2. At the same time the two
asked for a license for Sudowsky to
marry Annie Waikaite. Notwithstand-
ing the uncommonness Of the request,
it was all done in the most business
like manner, and the guiding hand of
the prospective bridegroom's former
the proceeding Miss Urbaickait was
anxious to be relieved of her contract
and substitute her friend. The license,
which was issued on Aug. 2, was recall
ed by Mr.. Graham, who reminded the
couple Of their seeming joyousness and
satisfaction at the time it was issued.
But no matter what the feeling may
have been at that time, it was different
now. Old Father Time combined with
the caprices Of young woman to-
cause the change. Sudowsky is a we'll
known Pole, and is fairly good looking,
but his 43 years d life frightenedtaWay
the girl who first accepted his hand
Miss Urbaickait is but "a and quite
pretty, and she believes that she would
not be doing herself justice to contract
marriage with one so much her
senior. She had told him so after the
first license had been procured but he
was obdurate, and held up his youthful
appearance and manner, hoping
against hope, it seems, to induce her to
change her mind She found way out
of the difficulty, and she proudly re-
lates the story. He was determined to
be married, but now that his professed
sweetheart had Tilted him, he knew not
what to do. She was full of resources
and her affection was strong enough
not to leave him in lurch. It seems
that there lived in the same house with
Sudowsky and Miss Urbaickait, at 2232
Forbes street, Annie Waikaite, aged 81
years; the younger woman suggested
that Sudowsky marry her, and used as
an argument that the elder had all the
good qualities possessed by the young
er and that there being less discrep-
ancy in age would make them more
congenial. Sudowsky argued that she
was not so pretty as his first sweet
heart, and for sometime acted like d
stubborn mule, but at last his first love
overcame his objections, and from the
appearance of the trio in the marriage
license office this morning it would
lead one to have faith in that oft-told
story, ''1'll be a sister to you." Miss
Waikaite was satisfied and grateful to-
Miss Urbaickait. The latter was happy
and sudowsky seemed as though he
hadn't trouble in the world. Each
said laughing and satisfied good-by
to Mr.. Graham and the only disap-
pointment, and this was soon dispelled,
was that the first license could not be.
changed so that the second payment
would not have to be made. @.< F.
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What Ruined Him

-. Lad dyesY gu say you were ruined by
marrying q wealthy woman 2'' Tramu
-. - es N; de time and effort wasted
trying to get her money would have
made me wealthy and influential citi-=
zen. mum Judge.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-28
A. & M. COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.
Will Begin Sunday, May 9th and End Wed
nesday May 30th.

The Commencement Exercises of the
Agricultural and Mechanical college prom
Use to be exceedingly interesting this
year
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached on Sunday, May 9th by DR..
Charles f. Taylor, president of Wake
Forest college.
On Monday there will be a dress parade
by the battalion, and an exhibition of
work in the various college shops.
On Tuesday there will be a meeting of
the Alumni Association with an address
by c. w. Gold, of Wilson, followed by the
annual alumni banquet
Tuesday night the president and faculty
will give a special reception to the grad
uating class the alumni and friends OF
the college.
Wednesday morning the graduating eX-
ercises will take place. Graduating
speeches will be made by r. NJ. Wagstaff,
of Person county, and Ira o. Schaub, of
Stokes county.
The annual commencement address will
be delivered by DR.. Ira Remsen, Profess
sor of Chemistry in Johns Hopkins Uni
VerSity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-28
PURIFICATION OF ATHLETICS.
A Call Issued For Meeting to be Held in Dur.
ham, Nav 5th.

All colleges and schools in North Caro-
INA interested in the proper management
ana development of athletic sports are
earnestly invited to send representatives
10 meeting in Durham on Saturday. Nav
oth, prox., 10 o'clock a. M. at the Hotel
carolina. The purpose of this meeting
is 10 form an Athletic Association of
North Carolina colleges and schools with
sucn constitution and bylaws as will re-
move professionalism from college ath
letlcs and place the physical training of
our young men upon the best basis This
movement is warranted not only nv o,,r
own experience in North Carolina, but nv
that of colleges elsewhere who have al
ready taken similar action and with ox-
cellent results.
The preliminary conference on this sinh
ject held some time ago in Greensboro
was attended by representatives of the
University, the A. and NJ. College Wake
Forest, Trinity. Guilford. Horner's. Oak
Ridge, and Bingham (Mebane). AS chair
man of that meeting and by authority OF
the same, / hereby invite all other col
(leges and schools in the State to attend
the next meeting in Durham.
GEO. T. WINSTON.
President.
North Carolina College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, aleigh, n. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-28
SHAW UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT
1t Will Occupy the Larger Part of the Week
Commencing on Sunday, May 9Th.

The commencement exercises of the
literary and industrial departments Will
occupy the larger part of a week, COM
mencing at p. M, on Sunday, May 9th,
with the baccalaureate sermon by Kew.
j. A. Whitfield, General Missionary for
North Carolina The annual examinations
will be held on Monday and Tuesday fore
neon following:
On Monday evening. May 18th, the COM
mencement concert will take place at the
Academy of Music.
On Tuesday afternoon class day will
be observed.
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock will oc-
cur the commencement exercises OF the
Missionary Training School, with an ad-
dress by Rev. ID. B. Hill, of Greensboro.
On Thursday at IL o'clock the gradual
ing exercises of the Literary Department
will be held. The address to the gradual
ing class will be given by Rev. C. S.
Brown, principal of Waters Institute,
Winston.
At 2 o'clock, Thursday Afternoon, there
will be held the annual meeting of the
alumni association. The principal ad-
dress will be given by Rev. NJ. w. d.
Norman, Principal of Roanoke Institute,
Elizabeth City.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-28
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-28
NO DECISION FROM sIMONTON.
He is Expected to Render One This Week in the
Blackwell Tobacco Case

No decision has yet been made on the
application of the Tobacco Trust to wind
up the affairs of Blackwell's Durham To-
bacco Company.
The case was argued before Judge
Simonton in Charleston on the 18th. Al
the argument, Messrs. w. w. Fuller and
Junius Parker were present for the
American Tobacco Company, and Maj. w
A. Guthrie and Jas. S. Manning for Maj
Guthrie The arguments were made fol-
the tobacco trust by Mr.. Parker, and for
Maj. Guthrie by Mr.. Manning
Judge Simonton announced that he
would render decision this week, and
Maj. Guthrie called yesterday at the court
to see if it had been received
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-28
The Auditorium Fund.
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1T is stated that the Atlantic Ocean con-
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hither and thither, and as their positions
change with the winds and tides. they are
constant menace to ocean traffic. Be-
cause OF the great expense they are not
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medicine. See that Private Revenue
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