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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22

no ooubt or hesitation about it's DUR
pose, Tor 1t was seen that it desired to
swallow the lot, ass it: was aufetlv eoino
forward all the, time,, but taking a. side
| view as the opportunity best offered
! When about: five feet from it's QUARRY
f there was violent rush on it. with
| Jaws wide open, but there was inst as
quick action on the other side. for the
contents of the ink bag were as quickly
shot into the open mouth In an IN,
stant, with the impetus. of the rush. the
Doree was ina cloud of thick darkness
and the scuttle skunk out of sight.
Inc Doree. appeared out Of the mud
ole IN a. dreadful state: it's ewes
rolled as il in terror, and it's beautifn1
ollVe skim had turned deadly male
Whlle v III It's coughing and fumbling were
son something ct II to be remembered. black
matter being again and again expector-
ated from gills and mouth. It.was
really thought that the creature was
about TO die. and the, gar was got
ready to take it on board. for # had
1oated UP within four feet Of The hoat b
put l' noting her outline it gently sanl.
into the depths below. 4.
When IN gaffng the cutie for bait tha
lace OF the fshefman-unle ha has
something son thin white about him-is aIwavss
me the lel loellgo's target for shooting out Of
water. et 1' =.
s.S $ rem .lle EN- N Der having noted London
doctor soEt 1t a Z sea for a little amate,rr
f:sllllng He would like to- see q lorfgo
cuttle caught, he said. / warned him
OF What was likely to happen when
gaining was on. but he did not care s..
surely, 'Ie Z lie said, .sI can dodge such !
guess work as this mustsbe for. SO short
g It'll time .' felt dubious as to- the result
seeing his white shirt was prominent
object through his having such an open
vest. Finally a cutie took the bait. Il.
and and as I drew il. toward Us the doctor
lost los all thought of himself and his
aMtiornments M in his admirationSof the
movements move and the beautiful eyes of
me creature. when In an instant. as
gained i. the whole Ink charge struck S
him il the throat.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
Worked a Gambling :
A,> House for Lunches. =
But Finally Had to
Pay. =

the roulette wheel. A friend expostu-
lated with him. but the first man
would play. His friend, a wealthy New
York business man, sought the propri-
etor and protesting vigorously said
that if the intoxicated man were per-
mltted to play he would see that pay
ment was stopped On the check his
companion must pay with. AS both
visitors were liberal patrons, and the
gambler did not wish to offend either,
he finally pleased both by making an
express agreement with the friend that
the play should be for ''fun," but with
out the intoxicated gamblers Rnowl-
edge. The roulette wheel was idle for
want Of players just then, and the COM
promise arrangement worked perfectly.
The intoxicated man plunged into a
game that had it been for anything but
fun would ,saye made material for
the clubs press agent. The value of
the checks could not be made too high
for him, and he had difficulty in get
ting them down fast enough and in
quantities large enough to suit him.
Winning and losing, he went through
all the emotions that gambling can ex-
cite. and then settled into a steady
winning streak. He finally was So
bered by the excitement and anxiety.
He was conscious that he had lost
checks representing many thousands of
dollars, but the hope that luck would
turn spurred him to keep at the game.
His friend stolidly watched him until
he grew tired and then Informed the
frenzied loser that the gambling which
had SO unstrung him was only joke.
Instead Of being relieved. the game
.ster flew into rage at the friend who
had made monkey Of him. He
made no protest, however. against be-
ing free from his supposed gambling
debt, though he departed in high anger.
The friend regretted loudly that he had
served him. s: ss5#s
The clubhouse proprietor did not
voice his regrets until his patrons were
gone. Then he remarked that he
wished very much that the meddle-
some friend and self-app guard
ian had been somewhere else that
snight.-NeM York Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
Life in Old
siberia b ''.I' a.

People usually think of Siberia as a
land Of ice, snow, freezing weather.
wolves and tconvicts There is another
and brighter Siberia. Winter springs
into summer, and during six weeks
birds sing, hills and valleys are car
peted with wild flowers, the grasses
grow lush and nature rejoices One
girl, of three stood in a doorway in tho
careless grace of infancy and was
caught by the camera. Civilization
could hardly furnish daintier pic
ture Of innocent childhood than this
Siberian fairy. And she is as sweet
as she looks. Born in Foochow. Chit
ma, of Russian parents, she talks
pidgen English. Before Foochow
catchee two piecee: dolly" said she, as
she stood on the steps of the Kha
barovsk hotel. when I was in Fod l.
chow I had two dolls," was the fatt
she wished to convey. Are there
schoolboys in Siberia? Of course the te
are. e. ..-.. 4 ~
The cabdrivers Of Siberian cities like
Vladivostock, Khabarovsk, Blagovedt-
Echensk, and Irkutsk are often stylish b.
ly dressed, and always active and ag-
gressive. They exchange compliments
in impolite language, and, finally, if
one or two quarrels spit over his left
shoulder there is fight. To spit thus
is to show the most profound contempt
for your adversary. A Vladivostock
driver wears green velvet petticoat
and waist, the sleeves of the latter
made of red wool. dotted with blue
and yellow. A dingy red silk sash
circles his expansive waist, and il
.knotted on one side. He has the high
and crumpling boots peculiar to the
Russians, and a. weather beaten black
velvet cap. His skirt imparts a fem
mime aspect to his personality. The
illusion is dispelled when one sees
his coppery face and stiff beard, and
hears his remarks to obstruct ne
pedestrians. - :,
On Ftot days ice cream carts are nu-
Anefnlls 3in14th e mark place Of Blas-
ovestchensk, and do large business.
They receive scant patronage from the
Tartar traders 1ocking to the square,
but are in great favor with the SOL
.diers and peasants. There are no
wharves on the Amur, and the steam
,ers that navigate it's waters moor to
floating stages or anchor near the
short and fasten line to tree. When
a steamer halts to take on firewood
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
BATTLE ! Z! Il I ! Z OF Q ] SNAKES.
KING SNAKE AND RATTLER IN
DEADLY ENCOUNTER. s.::E$
Rather Does His Best but Furnishes !
Breakfast to the King snake-serpenu,-
tine set-to Witnessed by Mike McDer-
4 mott, Whose Veracity Is Not Oues toned

While scouting the banks of East
lake, Georgia, in search of a break
fast one morning a big king snake ran
plump into a rattlesnake four feet
long, whose dimensions should have
forced retreat, according to- all reccg-
nlzed rules of warfare, but whose fat
proportions promptly suggested a gor-
geous feast to the hungry ruler of
reptiles. - i &@-.,1. . -
Mike McDernnott, a farmers lad
from clump Of berry bushes near nv
: saw the chance, meeting of the two
SNAKES and observed the fierce prize
hight which followed. He had been
picking berries On the banks of Tho
lake and looked UP just as the scaly
teltoWs raised their heads to make the
customary polite. bow preliminary to
the engagement They were in q first
rate prize ring formed by a sandy
clear spot among the bushes.
Mike says the Ring snake Ionked
surprised when he saw the rattler pre-
pairing for defense. Slowly and with
extreme caution the rattler raised his
mead until half it's body was In the
air. Then it stood rigid, as if yexpect-
ing an attack, but determined to ward
1t Off, The king, three feet long. cir
cled around the rattler several times.
drawing nearer with each round
When the king had narrowed the
circle to diameter Of foot he too
suddenly raised his head and BODY in
the air and stood facing his adversary.
For several seconds they glared at
each other in this attitude.
Then, the rattler Doked his tongue
out at the king, an indignity beyond
the limits of ,princely endurance. The
King very promptly resented the in
suit by darting forward like a fash
and hooking his neck around the neck
OF the impudent rattler Then the bat
tie was on in earnest. The ratt1er was
hghtlng for his life, the king for bis
breakfast. ~ 81 :. = esS..gs-.- -
st tFhey- fell from, their lofty attitude,
and rolled in the send. They made NJ
sound as they twisted and Writhed and
Whlrled and squeezed. Now the raj
tier was making fierce pecks at the
KING with his fangs;. then the king
mad the rattler by the back of the neck
puI lost the strangle hold as the stout
diamond back heaved' and suuirmed.
all the while the lower parts of both
bodies are twined like strands Of vari-
colored rope.
Sand flew up in little clouds as thew
fought, Mike McDermott saws, At
times the snakes were lost to view
they battled in the hollows made by
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
PR CE On HER HEAD. 4 j.
SOCIETY," OFFERS $1,000 FOR
MISS JEWETT'S SCALP.


There, is much excitement in two
widely separated sections of the coun-
! try over a sequel of the recent bloody
scenes in the. city of New Orleans, La,
and as a result the states of louisiana
and Massachusetts are, so to- speak,
scowling at each other with unmistak-
able viciousness. The Green Turtle
club, a semi-political organization of
New Orleans, has threatened the life
and set the price of $1,000 on the head
of Miss, Lillian Clyton Jewett of Bos-
ton, who headed a mass meeting of
Boston negroes a. few nights ago and
declared war on southern whites. A
Boston dispatch says Miss Jewett has
secured 10000 negro crusaders willing
to march to New Orleans, and that
$4,000 was raised to equip them and to
send an advance agent. ~. - Il, ..
Miss Jewett is president of the Anti
Lynching league of Boston and the
recent killing of Charles and other ne
groes without trial by lawless whites
excited the woman and her followers
greatly. At the meeting in Boston
Miss 'Jewett made a fiery speech, in
which she denounced the whites of
New Orleans in unmeasured terms and
declared that she would head a cru
sade against them. Excitement ran
high, and one of the speakers, the Rev.
B. w. Farris, exclaimed: If Robert
Charles could hold 1000 people at bay,
% what could 1000 negroes do?'' <
. One speaker recognized a man in
the audience who, he declared, was a
former slave holder in New Orleans.
This started panic during which all
Of the whites and half of the negroes
left the church, but the negroes re-
turned when quiet had been restored
When the news of this meeting
reached New Orleans the Green Turtle
club, which is a representative south
ern club of over 100 members, was
stirred to great anger. In few days
she received a. letter postmarked New
Orleans 1t read: ..s @ r HID: II ~
a4s4.s.AsV lid give 81 .0GO reward for
your scalp in preference to any negiO
In your congregation. You may lie
white in the eyes of Boston people, but
in our eyes you are blaeker than Rob-
ert Charles. We therefore invite you
to come down.. Our members are anx-
iously awaiting your arrival to get the
prize that is offered for your head"
This was signed ~"Members Green
Turtle club, No. 1912 Annette street,
New Orleans, La" The whole thing g
started in the, southern city as a Joke,
but the Boston people took the matter
seriously and now the Green Turtle
members are in earnest and say, they
propose to stand back OF their words.
The letter to Miss Jewett further S ays
Seeing that you threaten to CON e
to New Orleans with mob of 10000
persons, we invite you to come as the
blacks Joan of Arc, and we assure you
that your band of crusaders would get
killed in less time than it took Charles
to kill the police officers" That this
is seriously meant is shown by the
fact that these words were duly en-
tered on the clubs minutes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
An Improbable Trip.

The steamship Olbia arrived at New
"4:ans w;tb a number Of Italian i'm
migrants, And the owners are, out a
good deal of money, on the cruise.
Twenty-Five passengers came under
contract. and these must be taken
haelr 4tl aMsoT,n. 41szi
New = Orleans awaiting examination.
Three jumped overboard> and escaped
to shore, and for each of these the
company must pay 5000 or $500. On top
of all this, the owners were fined $4,000
for carrying more passengers than the
law allows. Still more, the Olbia car
ried large quantity of fruit, and most
of it was spoiled while the steamer lay
in midstream under a boiling sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
8 Il Fish That SQulrtS 4
:: : & Ink in Your Fd66.

The largest loligo' I have seen meas
ured three feet eight inches withou
attempting to stretch its tentacles
Dixie the fishes, they seem to sleel
with one eye closed at time, as. hav,
seen them resting OH the sea bottom
1or this purpose; and when the bai5
fell near the sleeping side it was un.
observed, but. when dropped on The
other it was gripped at once. = : r. r.
Ihelr enemies are all the carnivorUus
fishes, which they often evade eithe,
! by evolution, fight or mimicry, for all
OF which devices they have some spes
cial adaptations. In the first instance,
they have two tough flexible fins or
wings high on the back. which enable
them to swim forward or backward
without turning, which is an accommo--
dation of great utility in either attack
or retreat. Then, their eyes are SO
situated as almost to command a cir
Gle; this also in a fight is invaluable,
for they can see all their enemies and
know their power. and can advance or
retire as the occasion may require.
Then, besides their ink bag, they have
a muscular siphon enabling them to
shoot their enemies in the air some ten
feet and in the sea some. three or four
feet away. Il. .s.s =s
Not long ago a friend of mine saw a
sklrmish between q .lolieo and its en-.
emy in which the cutie came off the
victor. He was fishing in the clear
water off Mevagissey Bay, and, wishing
to catch a John Doree, he tied the end
Of his line to the tail Of a live young
sea Dream and threw it into the sea.
.Doree is fond OF living food.
and likes to ssWall low 1t headfor
This suits the fisherman. as when de-
youred IN this form the. spnes Of the
Dream act as hooks to the fisherman's
inc and are sure to bring all on board.
The Dream had not got far down in
he sea before 9 cutie saw 1t and
quickly fastened on TO the back Of its
neck. and before any steps were taken
g scaresi e a away q large Doree was
leen comm. to the front There Was
~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
HETTY GREEN'S WEALTH.

Would Have City of Palaces if Her
. ~ Mortgages Were Foreclosed.
No one knows precisely the extent of
Hetty Green's wealth. It consists for
the most part Of government bonds,
railroad stocks and mortgages, accord
ing to the Ladies' Home Journal. She
says she is not so fond Of government
bonds since the finances Of the nation
have become polluted with politics
Good mortgages of any kind are now
her favorite form of investment. If all
the mortgages she holds were fore
closed tomorrow twenty ght churches
of various denominations, in almost
as many states, would become hers, and
four cemeteries would be added to her
real estate. Besides there would be
blocks of great business buildings and
splendid city houses, theaters, livery
stables and hotels, country residences
farms and ranches. factory buildings
and thousands of acres of valuable land
in all parts Of the country. Several
years ago she made a tour Of inspec-
ton Of all the property on which she
held mortgages. She spent two years
travelling and staid at forty hotels in
as many cities. Since then she has
added largely to her holdings of this
kind. The most conservative estimates
places Mrs. Green's wealth at $6O, ,Oo0,- ]
900, but it is probably more She, her.
self, won't discuss the matter, except
to say that it is overstated.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
Sultan'S Silver :Tuhilee.

Great preparations are being made
for the sultan's silver, jubilee, on Aug.
Il when he Will have. been 25 years
on the throne. Poets and historians
are busy writing accounts Of all his
piouss' works and the great things he
has done for his subjects. These will
be translated and. published in all Ian
guages. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
zE-t.'s i&tsF' + W.. 500 & =. 80 p. = !
To Entertain Americans.

The London Chronicle says, that the
I'd Chief Justice, Justices Kennedy
r Phillimore, Sir Edward Carson, O..
and Joseph Walton, @. c., are con-.
|ering how best to welcome those,
|mbers Of the American bench and
who are likely to visit England
ling the season, in recognition of
cordial manner in which the mem
IS sof the English bench and bar
Re entertained in America last year
the occasion of the visit of the In
hational Law society, as we'll as
previous occasions.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
Largest Spiders.

. Ceylon is the home of the largest
spider in the world. This web-spinning
monster lives in the most mountainous
a1strlcts of that. rugged island, and
places his net, measuring from five
feet to ten feet in diameter. across
the chasms and fssures in rocks.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
Walter O. Gresham's Portrait. J

Walter g. GresIam's Portrait.
portrait of the late Walter O.
SHAN, secretary Of state under
|sitdent Cleveland is to be given a.
|ceHof honor in the galleries Of the
peror Of Japan. his is to be done
p tribute to Mr.. Gresham's s services.
hegouattng the treaty between the
ted States and Japan which was
|pted during Cleyeland's S second
Id
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
Cruel treatment Of Bulocks.

During his rapid march from Riet-
fontein to Bloemf fontein Lord Roberts
noticed the sufferings of the bullocks
as they toiled along with the trans
port wagons, their backs scanned with
the cruel lash Of the Kafir drivers.
When the army moved on from Bloem-
fontein he issued a written order for
bidding the Kaflirs from logging the
oxen.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22

THE CABDRlvERS
WEAR GREEN j
VELVET
PETTlc0ATS....
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-21
The Day He Observed.

The young man had asked for
day off. His employer asked him
why he wanted off and he was told
that it was a holiday, We may as
we'll remark in passing that it was a
church holiday but we will not tell
which one; that is, what church, for
it makes no difference as far as the
story is concerned, and it might
have been the same regardless of
denomination. Indeed, it is not
question of denomination, at all.
So his employer being interested, as
he ought to have been, inquired
what day it was; that is, in whose
honor it had been established and
what it was called. The young
man said, Damned if know what
day it is, but since | belong to the
church, | mean to stand by the
rules, " and we have no doubt he
does as he said he would. And may
he stands by some rules not of the
church.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-21

So he was admitted into the best
society everywhere and when the
farmers began to miss many OF their
sheep. they could not tell what be-
came of them. They blamed every
one but the VIOLIN sleeps clothing,
which is nearly invariably the rule.
He was of such smooth address that
he passed as one of the sheep, and
was admitted int& the fold.
So the wolf was never suspected,
but one morning the shepherd went
out to kill It sheep in order that the
harvest hands might have mutton
for dinner. ,Sn9t was his surprise
when he found lat instead of a
s .nssp he had If "''''e sleeps
Moral: 1t pays to tote fair.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-21
Against the Cigarette.

An embargo has been placed upon
the cigarette in the weather bureau
service of the United States. Chief
Willis l.. Moore has issued an order
absolutely prohibiting the smoking
of cigarettes during work and going
further to state that employees who
smoke at all, off duty or on, will be
mentioned in the confidential reports
received by him from the chiefs Of di-
visions and officers throughout the
country Chief Moore expresses his
views on the subject very plainly, de-
claring that in many instances lax
work and neglect has been traced
to the source of cigarette smoking.
Pipes and cigars he does not bar,
but the insidious cigarette he says
must go for good and all.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-21
The Present Joy.

amt a-longin fer the ioys-the Joys that
orter be
A flower in any meadow is sweet enough for
mel
amt a-lookin fer the light in skies so far
away
To me the very brightest light is that which
shines to-day.
amt -worryiu' the worl' bout human rights
an wrongs
hear the sweet birds singin, an thank God
ter their songs
know the OIL WORKS rollin the bright accepted
way,
An I'm thankful that I'm Twin on the green
of it to-day
Life's Jest too short fer sighin; the song still
beats the sigh;
The rainbow's ruunin rosy roun' the storm
that's in the sky;
An all the worl is loneliness, an all the worl
is light;
Then say to Joy Good morning" and say to
grief Goodnight"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-21
Theory Of Zinc Deposits.

The following extract upon the oe-
currenee of zinc deposits, is taken
from an article contributed to the
Engineering and Mining Journal, by
H. A. Titfomb, of Joplin, Mo. It
has the merit of being a common
sense statement of the case, from the
pen ofone of the best and most care
full experts of the Missouri Joplin
field. The extract of course applies
only to the Joplin occurrence, but it
viii be noticed by our miners and
prbspectors that the same condi-
tons apply to the silurian formation
Of North Arkansas:
I "The zinc-lead ores of the Missouri
Kansas district occur in lower car
boniferous rocks, and principally in
the Burlington and keokuk beds.
The ore bodies are probably cavern
deposits, and occur in nearly hori-
zontal beds of limestone and ebert.
The ore is principally Jack" occur
ring in typical breceia which con-
sists OF ebert and limestone. The
ebert is locally called flint. Associa-
ted with the jack are calcite, dolo-
mite, marcasite and galenite.
The ore-bodies are exceedingly va
riable in size, shape, richness and
depth below the surface Sometimes
the ore lies in almost horizontal
sheets, 10 to 20 feet thick, that ex-
tend over a considerable area. 9th
err deposits of ore are cavern-shaped,
and rooms 10 to 80 feet in height
and width are left when the ore has
been removed in mining. Still other
deposits are long, narrow stringers.
Many of the deposits are OF a pockety
nature.
The surface indications of ore are
vague. Many ranges of ore have
been traced in northeasterly or
northwesterly directions, and old
miners often speak of the 1.-TWO
O'Clock and Ten O'Clock ranges" A
large number of fractures may have
been influential in determining the
flow of ore bearing solutions. In the
early days of mining nearly all pros
pecting was confined to the valleys
or draws" but many rich and
productive mines have been located
on hills,
Most of the mining is done at the
present time, at depths of rs to $50
feet. Prospecting is carried on by
means of shafts or drill holes, On
account of the presence of irregular
and shattered layers OF ebert and
limestone, it is impracticable to use
a diamond drill in the district, and
the cable tool system, called churn
drilling, is employed.