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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08
SWIMMING
J EASILY LEARNED
N~NN~~NN~NNV

That the swimming device illustrat-
ed in the accompanying picture will
be enjoyed by children goes without
saying, and it might also be useful in
teaching grown people the art of
swimming, which art is somewhat diff
ficult: of accomplishment unless an in
structor is at hand to support the be-
ginner. BY this arrangement !, the
swimmer is allowed free play to pro-
pei himself through the water at will,
without danger of sinking, and there
is nothing to interfere with the free
use of the arms, and legs. The in
ventor's idea is to stretch a cable on
two vertical posts set at any desired
distance apart with turnbuckles to
tighten the rope. One or more trolley
wheels are placed on the wire to sup
port a coiling spring, to the lower end
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08
Another Pesky nIicrobe.

Another of the little things thai
combine to make life unpleasant has
appeared in what the scientists call the
,d ''eosrll and bellpuH microbe. It is
sf said to haunt these handy localities
having whole LOT. of various ailments
within easy reach, and, being even ever.
y smaller than Tie Jumps Of ice left BY
the 81 iceman Of a hot day, defy discooy-
cry until their helpless victims have,
them in their grasp This is a case
where the subject is brought to every
mans door and seems to call fol. an
immediate remedy. To speak Of no
other evils. numbers Of men have al
ready excuses enough for stayin out
nights without adding to them the pre-
text they were deferred from coming
home for fear of the insidious microbe
waiting for them son the doorknob.
PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08
NOTED WESTERN ORATOR.
w. ID. Oldham Was a Conspicuous Fl
ure at Kansas City.

w. d. Oldham Was a Conspicuous Fig.
ure at Kansas City.
One of the most conspicuous of tbs
western politicians at the Kansas CITY
convention was w. D. Oldham of Ne
braska. He has long been recognized
as one of the best political speakers in
the west. He has twice before been
member of the national delegation,
-Four years ago he belonged to the con-
testing delegation from that state,
which was shut out of the Chicago
convention at the beginning. AS he
expressed it in a recent speech before
the state convention, they went to Chi
cago without tickets, crawled under
the canvas in momentary fear that
some chap would apply a neclSoke to
the back of their ears, but when they
finally got inside they captured the
whole show. Oldham has the reputa-
ton OF being one of the homeliest
men IN the state, and he is proud of it.
He is very careless in his dress and
has been variously taken for a COWBOY
and farmer. Oldham's oratory4i is of
the eVangelistic order. He has COM
mand of homely phrase, perfervid ex-
hortation and broad wit that has made
him a popular faVorite at every state
convention, and no gathering of that
sort takes place without speech from
"Bill' Oldham. He is tail and heavily
built, and has all the t'earmarks'' OF
the typical cowboy Of the west in the
matter Of dress. + M >5 :. Z, &c -. =,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08

You are an hour late, Miss Tre-
snaine, said the stage manager, tax
Ing out his watch accusingly and Civ
Ing the offender q look as severe as
his speech. I'VE couldn't properly
practice this step with one girl out. .
was unavoidably detained" STAN
mered the young woman. 4s, sz2.. Z.
he ever-ready excuse" said the
stage manager, growing angry. Don't
4 waste any more time. Get in. your
place. Ready!"' =a@ i. \ ss IA.
One and two and three and-Miss
Tremaine, you're not doing this step
right at all. What's the matter with
you today. Begin over again. All
together now" .3&. 70 h ~ :: H..
7 The girl who was. the object Of the
managers ire may have merited some
of the reproof, for certainly her
thoughts were not upon acquiring the
step of the English chappies, whose
role the twelve young women: in line
across the stage We're to assume. To
and fro, and in intricate figures across
the stage, SO bare and dreary without
scenery, moved the young women
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08
Expanding q Child's Mind.

Another modern notion which helps
to make the path of the school teach
er thorny one is the theory that a
child ought to be putting out stimuli
taneously and in every direction as
many feelers as a centipede has legs.
AS a matter of fact, pupil who has
learned thoroughness and application
has acquired something, even if he
cannot explain the procession of the
equinoxes or tell how many feathers
there are on hen. There used, in
the former days, to be a good many,
poetic SMILES in which the unfolding
of a child's mind was likened to the
gradual opening of flower, leaf by
leaf. The revised plan admits of no
such sentimental and slow-moving
processes "A child's mind is now
opened like an umbrella, expanding
equally and simultaneously at all
points, and, fortunately for the child,
it also resembles the umbrella in that
it sheds good deal more than it re-
tains.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08
E. Changes in Terms.

Among the many bothers produced
by the sudden expansion of our terri.
torial possessions is one which though
not of any vital Importance, still de-
serves a little serious attention. Hith-
erto the terms far East and near
East have passed current with all
English-speaking peoples in the. sig
nificance naturally allotted to them
by the fBritishers. The near East
meant India and thereabout, and the
far East meant the rest of the Orient,
including China, Japan, the Philip
pines, and the big islands lying to the
west of them. Of course, strictly
speaking, for Americans the custom
arys use of ''far" and near" has al
ways. been wrong, but we had no per-
sonal interest in the matter, and for
the sake of convenience fell in with
the British fashion. 1t is different
now. The far. East is distinctly our
near east, and vice versa, and some
thing ought to be done about it. AL,
ready confusion is manifesting itself,
and the trouble threatens to become
real annoyance in the course of time,
New York Times
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08

Seri man, who was a famous hunter, to
do some work for him. There was
peace for time being, and a band Of
the savages was sojourning temper
arily near the ranch. ut was hot af-
ternoon, and the fellow begged release
from his task, saying that the. spirit
Of catching a deer had taken hold Of
him. He was excused on condition
that the deer be brought entire to the
ranch, and two hours later he was seen
driving in full-grown buck. On ap-
preaching the dwelling quarters the
terrified animal turned this way and
that in wild efforts to avoid human
habitation, yet the hunter kept it under
control, heading it off at every turn and
gradually working it nearer until at
sudden turn he was able to rush upon
it and catch it.. Throwing it over his
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08


shoulder. he ran into the ranch houss.
with the beast still struggling and
kicking. 81
S. The seri are reputed cannibals.:;
They never cook their food apparently,
thought have known them to parboil
The hoof Of a horse, after the leg had
been Wrenched off at the hook, and it
was sufficiently softened to- be knocked
off with a stone. Then half a dozen
matrons and maidens gathered about
to gnaw the gelatinons tissues invest
ing the coffin bone. They possess but
a single tool practically, and apply it
to a wide variety Of purposes. 1t is
merely a Wave-Worn pebble, and with
it, they crush bones, sever tendons,
grind seeds, rub face paint and bruise
woody tissue to aid in breaking sticks
for house poles or mesquite roots for
harpoons, both being afterwards fin
:ished by firing. The pebble is dis
carded when sharp edges are produced
by use or fracture Their houses are
mere temporary shelters, and not dwell
ings in any proper sense. Sometimes
they are of stones piled up and rooted
with huge turtle SHE'LL +: ..S@
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08

keeping step with the drill master,
whose contortions they painfully en-
deavored to reproduce.
Its those long Skirts he declared,
his keen eye sweeping the line of
breathless young women. 81 told you
yesterday not to wear those skirts. I
won't speak about it again." -:
I'll have to wear it, SIR" said one
young woman, timidly.
"Why?' asked the angry manager,
haven't I said you shouldn't"
"But it's all I've got" said the girl,
with suspicion of sob in her voice.
PIN it up, then," said the manager.
Now, then, try again. Come in from
the right. One"
That will do. You've got to do bet
ter tom borrow"
q The young women went back with
3 the chorus sitting on the benches, and
the leading lady, who had been going
through a kind of dumbbell perform
1ance with prompter at one side, came
forward and sang with much fervor
and effect to an imaginary audience
in the seats that even the musical di-
rector cried "Good!" and added his
braves to the rest. il.
Grace Tremaine slipped unobserved
through the side door of the stage and
passed out through the boxes into the
long aisle. The theater was dark and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08
Poi MGGE,ff
Ct1IEE OF The .IaMERrC
j BUREAU OF ETHN6LoG

The United States bureau of Eth
biology will soon. publish a. book on the
Seri Indiansaof Triburon Island in the
Gulf of California, who have become
famous by reason, of their extraordi-
nary ferocity and also because they are
the most primitive savages in North
America, having not yet advanced as
far as the stone age. IT,: = .5 ~.
Zone of the most remarkable things
about the Seri,'' said Prof. w. ]. Nc
Gee, of the Bureau of .Ethnology, re-
Gently, lis that they seem to keep on
growing all their lives. Whether this
be in truth the case or not, am very
sure that they: continue to increase in
stature, until after they are 40 years of
age-certainly a very extraordinary
phenomena from physiological point
of view. They have long been reputed
giants, and for this idea there is some
ground, inasmuch as the men average
SIX feet in height and the women near
~ II not quite five feet and nine inches
For the reason that I have mentioned
all of>the younger men and women ap-
pear to fall below this mean, while all
OF the older ones are above it. ~
-.- a Extraordinary Agility. 5:r
There are no fat people among the
Seri, and in respect to physical vigor
they are extraordinary. OF erect yet
easy carriage, great breadth and depth
of chest, very slender of limb and pos
sessing unusually large feet and hands,
they exhibit a bodily activity such as
can hardly be equaled by any other
people on the face of the earth. The
skin Of their feet and lower legs is so
hard and calloused as to resemble the
hide of horse or camel, so that they
are able to run through cactus thick
cts SO thorny as to stop horses and
dogs, or over beds of stones so sharp
that the very coyote avoids the trail.
Zone of the: strangest things about
these savages is that they seem to have
no knife sense, as one might call it.
IN other words, they never think of
using cutting tool under any circuna-
stances. Il they cap ture an animal and
kill it they do not cut it into pieces,
but prefer to tear it to fragments with
their hands and teeth, breaking the
larger bones, perhaps, with a stone.
have known them to adopt this method
with horse, throwing the brute so as
to break its neck, and then setting up-
on the carcass literally with, tooth and
nail ~. 49, =
"They consider it as much a matter
of course to kill a stranger as the white
man does to destroy snake. Isolated
to point unparalleled, they are home
less wanderers, rowing from place to
place and sleeping wherever exhaus-
ton overtakes them. Carrying, their
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08

was unnoticed. In the first days
ha1cn play she beat Miss Marion
onearson, formerly champion of the
ont"entsia club, Chicago, by 4 I'D and
TO play, and still she was unnoticed
The next day she met Miss wetmore
and after they finished the gallery,
was surprised by the announcement
tnat MISS Hecker had won by the same
Dig score as the day before. Still thew
could not see the writing on the wall
anu prophesled: wait till she meets
MISS Hoyt tomorrow Wait they did
put after being two down at the turn
MISS Hecker struck a wonderful streak
OF play, and at the sixteenth thew were
all even. With but two to 90 Miss
Hoyt,z old tournament player and
champion that she is, was struck with
nervousness mel YOU and topped her drive into
the bunker. Miss Hecker, cool as p
cucumber, drove magnificent ball and
won the hole. Both played the last
hole perfectly aud divided it, leaving
Miss Hecker the winner by one I'D on
the heretofore peerless Miss Hoyt.
She still had Miss Underhill left ia
conquer, but after dividing the first
hole with her Miss ,Hecker began To
play the most wonderful golf ever :
shown by a woman in the United
States, without exception, and won
eight holes in succession. They halyed
the tenth, and Miss Hecker,s taking the
next, won the championship by 8 10
and Z to play, the largest score. ever
recorded in a championship. 81 Il.
1T is by this series Of defeats, admin
istered to the best players in the conn
try, even more than by the actual FACT
Of winning the title of champion that
Miss Hecker has raised herself. to 5tha
proud position she now holds. "a com
bination Of luck and lucky /. ira - y
which allow one to meet only eas ;,s on
ponents until the final round may give
an inferior player the title,s but it .is.
only the most sterling play worthy of.
a true champion that can enable play
Ier to Vanquish opponent after opDo-
nent, each one a famous player.
This newest golf champion is born
and bred Connect ut girl. She is the
daughter Of r. G. Hecker, the multi
mil lionaire flour merchant.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08

gloomy, the empty seats covered with
canvas. The figures on the stage look
ed weird and fantastic, the hollow, sre-
.yerberating voices changing the, scene
from pantomine NH 4s
VII The girl darted "a parting look sof
scorn at the stage manager, and sat
before small table, and between puffs
at his cigar Joined the musical diree-
tor in angry shouts at the bewildered
chorus *3s=t. q =4Sl Il, E*=4z E
81 THE BRUTE she said under her
breath. Does he think villa stand
his abuse even to become a star. It's
too dreadful. T will be later than this
tomorrow. I Twill never come again.
HE didn't know what kept me late, !"
she said. still talking , herself and
referring to the stage manager as she
went out on the stree--..that I had
that check cashed. . ell, he'll scold
somebody else now 4 r ss%5s,:& rs .,r.>
+: She took from her pocket a small
white envelope bearing the postmark
of distant country town. For a sec
ond time she read the letter. Hell
come at Z. it is 4 now" A.
Half an hour later she was in. her
room, hall bedroom on the third
floor. 81 am glad for once, it is on the
alley" said the girl, tossing an: empty
lunch box out of the open window. II
shan't need, this light housekeeping
outfit any longer with disgus-.-
II am going to live now on something
more than bread and cheese and veal
tea. But, maybe, I ought to leave tie
kerosene stove for the next poor shut
in who will live here after me"
: She dragged small trunk from the
closet and started to pack her clothes.
cts quick work." she said, with bit
ter little laugh. 81 haven't SO many
of them as had when came to the
city six months ago. Where's my
watch; it was pawned, and there are
other articles in the same place that
shall never call for. But it doesn't
matter now. I'm going home"
When the trunk was packed the
girl made an attractive toilet, for the
cloth street dress was we'll brushed
and neat. and the sailor hat was new
It cost the girl few dinners. She
sat down on the side of the bed, and
for the third time. drew the letter
from her pocket. INK. "
Dearest daughter" it ran. You
| have had your way. You wanted q
career, to make a name for yourself
If the path is too tborny; and you are
| tired of the great, selfish city, one
who follows this letter will tell yor
how we are waiting for you to CONS
| home. Father and Mother
! "There's gentleman down stairs te
see you, Miss Tremaine,' said the maid
pushing open the door which stood
partly ajar. H, y 81 4s551< }ssS
81 am coming down. said the girl.zHs
"'And you will come back to the Ole
life, Gracie?" said big, sun-burnei
young man a few minutes later, hold.
| ing the girls small hand in his big
brown one. "You will never want tt
| leave us again." ~ -.
| Il will never leave you again., sait
the girl.
The stage had lost a possible star
and a young country merchant hai
| gained a wife.-Chicago Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08
PORTO RICO'S POPULATION.
Island Has 1854 Persons to the Square
Mile,

The results of the Porto Rican CEN
sus, taken in October last, show that
the island has 953,243 inhabitants.
With population of 264 to the square
mile, Porto Rico is the only densely
peopled part of our new possessions
There are good reasons why Porto
Rico should have a far larger popula-
ton, in proportion to area, than Cuba.
The island was always the favored
colony of the Spanish. For over two
centuries Spain invited colonization
Lands were allotted gratis, while they
lasted, and settlers were exempt from
direct taxation. The interior, though
very billy, is we'll adapted for small
farming Most of the land is owned
by the peasantry in small holdings,
fruit farms predominating, though
there are many small coffee estates as
we'll as large and small farms raising
sugar, tobacco and cattle. This is
the reason why four-fifths of the popu
lation is scattered through the rural
districts, and only one-fifth live in
the. towns. Porto Rico is notably
country of small farmers. The island
is still growing in population. Since
1887, the density has Increased from
i22O to 264 to the square mile With
good government, more schools, and
larger commercial opportunities, there
need be no pause in the development
of Porto Rico. But not a few observ-
app hoIiouo fha island has nonIIlatio,,
enough. There is little prospect that
an increase in density would be advan-
tageous s5s 55s. rs r sc. /
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08
Remarkable Watt b. !

+ What is said to be the most remark
able piece of mechanism ever put to-
gether by man is a watch made in
Berlin, which measures less than a
quarter Of an inch in diameter and
weighs under two grains. The case is
gold, the works and hands are OF the
finest tempered steel, and the whole
construction is of the most approved
plan, while it is declared to keep time
excellently. The minute hand is less
than an eighth Of an inch long. the
hour hand less than q. twelfth Of an
inch, and the second hand not one
sixteenth OF an inch long. The cost
Of this watch was in inverse proper
ton to Its size. for the owned is said
to have paid close upon e 400 for 4 It --
illustrated Weekly News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08

A seventeen-year-old girl is the new
est golf champion. She is Miss Gene
We've Hecker. She has demonstrated
that she is in a class by herself in
point of skill, endurance and nerve.
She has not been playing very long,
for until very short time ago she was
a school girl whose attention to her
duties at school left her little time for
practice. '-z~$ T. ..@tr:
She learned her splendid game on
the links of the Wee Burn Golf club
at Stamford, Conn. When she entered
for the championship Of the Women's
Metropolitan Golf association, which
was played at the. Morris County Golf
club at Morristown, N J., last week
there was scarcely a person in this
country outside of her own eliminates
who thought that she had any chance
of winning the great event, for the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08
SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD
-. i CHAMPION GOLF PLAYER.

Marion Oliver, the long driving cham
pion; Miss Maud K. Wetmore, the
Newport champion, who was runner
uplto Miss Hoyt in 1898, and a number
Of others of national fame.
Miss Hecker was practically un-
known, although she had qualified at
the last woman's championship, and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08
Balfour Praises Golf.

A. J. Balfour, the English statesman,
recently made speech at the opening
of a charity bazaar at Dundee and de-
voted the whole of his remarks to the
praise of golf, of which he is an earn
est devotee. ~ - $. - sa.s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08

while this feat. gave her al certain
amlpunt of standing Miss Hoyt !. and
Mis- Underhill held the centre OF the
public eye. The first day Of the tour
nanent saw Miss sHecker qualify, but
50 mod testify and unassumin that she
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-08

entire stock OF personal belongings
with them, as we'll as food and water,
they are perpetual fugitives. They re-
gard the neighboring territory on the
mainland as a part of their own do
main, and there they have been in con-
f1ict for many years with ranchmen.
When they surround and capture
horses or kline they never think of
mounting the beasts, even when pursued
or of using ropes, but Immediately break
the neck and knock out the brains of
the animal, perchance to tear the
writhing body into quarters and flee
for their lives with the reking flesh
still quivering on their heads and
brawny shoulders. Scores of vaqueros
agree in the assertion WHOLLY incred-
ible if it were supported by fewer wit
nesses)> that even when so burdened
the robber Seri skim the sand wastes
of the desert more rapidly than aveng-
ing horsemen can follow them. IA
"The Seri boys go out after jack rab-
bits in threes and fours, and catch
them by out-running them. When a
rabbit is started they scatter, one fol-
lowing it slowly, while the others set
off obliquely in such manner as to
head it off and keep it in zig-zag
course until it tires. Then they close
in and finally grab the animal by hand,
Frequently bringing it in alive to prove
that it was fairly caught For among
these aborigines it is deemed discred-
liable to take game animals without
giving them chance for escape or de-
Tense.
Capture Deer by Running.
'tThey capture deer also by running,
scattering at sight of the quarry, grad
uaily surrounding it, bewildering it by
confronting it at all points, and at
length closing in and selling it with
their hands. Don Manuel Encinas, son
Of one of the owners of ranch where
staid when in that country, was en-
deavoring on one occasion to induce a
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field included Miss Ruth UnlderhilI, the
present national VI oman champion
Miss Beatrice Hoy, the shinnecock.
Hills ggirl, who had held ii 81 title for.
the wonderful and unprecede time
OF three years IL. succession: Miss
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-14

will leave taste in your mouth that will
make you wish it was long one. For
every day and after dinner smoking, when
you want to get the full enjoyment of a
good cigar, there isn't brand manufac-
tured that can compare with the SOMER-
SET for flavor, quality and excellence at
IN cenic
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-14
Thibeault-Drury.

A very pleasant wedding occurred at
the residence of Mr.. Mitchell Nolin on
East Front st., Tuesday, the contract
ing parties being Mr.. Elmer e. Thi-
beault, the popular clerk In the jewelry
store of Walter F. Robbins, and Miss
Minnie E. Drury, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Fl. Drury. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. E. #. Adams,
pastor of the Centenary NJ. E. Church,
in the presence Of family friends, only.
After brief wedding trip, the happy
couple will receive their friends In the
same house where they were married.