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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
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in mum Der ard Of 20 normal horse.
power, the draughts being supplied 81
a elf-slpp orting steel stack on a brick
found ation. # .s.,. .s: 4 s35 a
The present officers Of the yard ara.
Rear Admiral Bartlett G.. Cromwell
commandment; Capt. P. v. Harrington.
captain Of the yard; Capt w. H. Har-
ris,S chief engineer; Constructor John
G.. TaWresey, construction and repair:
Commander w. z. Swinburne, eoujn-
ment; Civil Engineer Luther M. Greg
ory, yard and docks; Pay Director Ed
ward Bellows, Paymaster j. T. Camm,
Assistant Constructor William Dubose,
Lieut.. J. H. Sypher, admiraPs aid, T
At Washington plans are being pre-
pared for the plant for handling and
storing coal. for which 100000 is al
ready available. This plant will have
capacity for 10000 tons, and will be
erected on Seavey's island
/. During the past year a telephone
system was installed, giving an instru-
ment to each officers house and the
main offices and shops, the old chapel
being utilized as a central station.
In 1874 the present gas works were
installed. The electric lighting plant
will soon be completed.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
!. he )fle dt

Last Tue sday was the tooth anniyer-
sary Of the blishmen Of navy
yard at Kittery, Ne, on the Piscataqua
river, opposite Portsmouth, N. H. The
land was, in 1900 purchased by the gov
eminent for $500. April IS, 1900,
Secretary of the Navy BENJAMIN Stod-
dert in a report to the president advo-
Gated the purchase of suitable sites Tor
navy yards at Portsmouth, N. H., Bos-
ton, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk,
Va, and Washington, D. C. The sec
retary's report stated that "at Ports
mouth the yard Of Mr.. Langdon, hired
for the frigate, might be used for the
'74-gun ship, but an island (Fernald's),
quite convenient for all purposes Of a
large establishment, can be procured
for $4,000, and believing it the truest
economy to provide at once perma-
nent yards which shall be public prop
ETY., and always worth to the public the
money expended on them" he ecom-
mended, among others, 'the purchase
of a building yard at Portsmouth, and
to commence it on scale as if it were
meant to be permanent ="
There are many things connected
with the various shops which are not
found in any other navy yard. :. For
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
coRBETT sUPERsTlTgous.
His Plan to Have Jefferies Enter the
4 ", ,5st' ~ Ring First. *&st "

His Plan to Have Jefferies Enter. the
II v. 1>' IT, Ring First. ~
Variety performers and baseball
players are responsible for two-thirds
of the slang that italicizes the Ameri-
can language, and they are also to be
held accountable for a similar amount
of superstitions of the day. They be-
lieve firmly in "mascots" and "hoo-
doos," and so do large majority of
fighters. Anent this fact, Billy Brady
played it low down on Corbett at the
Coney island fight. One OF Corbett's
superstitions is that it is unlucky for
a fighter to be the first to enter the
ring when he is about to engage in a.
contest. He forced Sullivan to enter
the ring first at New Orleans, and he
defeated him. He intended to make
Jeffries enter the ring first at Coney
island, but Brady had big Ed Dunk
horst wear a blue sweater similar tc
the one that encased Jeffr1es' body
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

!. The British government appears to
be responsible for the famine in India,
Or at least to have made the famine
possible, through the very .benehcence
of its rule. Before the British occu-
patton, incessant wars and terrible cpl
denies kept the country thinly popu-
lated, so that the natural products Of
the soil were usually sufficient to feed
the inhabitants But British rule has
established peace and diminished the
ravages Of plague. d. The consequence
has been such an increase of popula-
ton that India is one Of the most
crowded countries in the world. 4 The
productivity of the soil has nearly
reached its limit. Nevertheless, the
British government is not to be
4 blamed unless we adopt the mons
trous doctrine that wholesale massacre
is a blessing. !. H 6i,$I }=z. " Il
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
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CASK NEVER EMPTY.

For Years Wine Is Drawn from 1T to
Celebrate Great Events. .3t
All really excellent champagne is
the result of judicious blending. Time
was when each big vineyard owner
had his own cellar and his own brand.
But it has been found advantageous
to sell the raw wine to dealers, who
make one district supply what another
lacks. But there are still few pro-
vincial establishments that cling to
the old ways-crowning with wreath
OF, flowers the first tubful of ripe
cranes, and keeping "the bride of the
cellar'' full from year to year. The
bride, be it understood. is special
wine cask,, filled with the first, run
nlng OF the press. More accurately it
holds the juice which drips away be-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
ONE OF UNCLE SANS NAVY YARDS

to ~ ed d 1fcat lion. The medical literature
' consists a OF ancient manuscript family
prescription EFE ~ y books and printed vol
u ~ dlstri buted by pedlars The older
the "a prescription the greater the credit.
4 The peasant s. nowadays, while careful
lyntc con his ancestral beliefs, is
YET when Ftl'sll disease affects him, inclined
to revert to the old charms and rene.
2 dies Dr.. Zahler attributes such eff
c saatcy as they possess to what is now
called suggestion" but admits the
part played by the use of herbs in all
primitive medicine. Z ">*#. :3s3 & ss=
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
q Why Are Not More sheep Ratsed !?

Why Are Not More sheep Raised ]? 5
u really looks as II many Of ourE
farmers r1l, are unmindfu1 of the bene-i
ITS ITS Of sheep raising, on account OF theE
small s. q amount u Of capital represented
IN each animal; just as most OF them
ignore poultry for q like reason. Wei
are certain that there are many farms
with brush land and small growth that.
W would be benefited by q flock Of sheep.
As AS We have Travelled over the states.
we have noticed the numerous places
where the land seemed to be given up
70 brush, briars, weeds and under
growth. Ask the owners Of these farms
why they do not keep few sheep and
you are likely to get the answer that
it would probab bly,, be good thing to-.
do SO, but that they had been busy
looking after other things and had;
not given sheep any attention. For:
the public good few sheep SHOULD be-
Kept on every farm. The average
number of sheep on Illinois farms is
today only little over two. Think
OF 1t: two sheep to farm. There are
in the state about $4,000 farms and
the number Of sheep on the first day
Of January, 1897, was 6O1,000. On the.
first day of January, 1898; the number
was $4,000. # American farmers
would pay a little more attention to-
this question it would soon be unnec->
essary to import large quantities OF
wool and other products of the sheep,
and instead the money would go into
the pockets Of sheep raisers and re-
main in circulation in their neighbour
hoods. :.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

! The marriage of the Grown Prince of
Japan to his cousin seems to have
been a mixture of Japanese and Euro
pean ceremonies. Thus, the bride and
Bridegroom were married in the an
Gent court dress, and afterwards dom
ned western costume, and there was a
wedding breakfast with wedding cake
The actual marriage ceremony in ia
pan is very simple. It's distinguishing
feature is what is termed the San-san
Ku-do-that is, literally, three times,
nine times because both the bride
groom and the bride drink three times
out of each of three wine-cups of diff
ferent sizes, making nine times in all
Or, rather, they do not drink, but only
lift the cups to their lips. The wine"
is sake. a mild alcoholic liquor.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

Proposed acquisition Of the fine steel
floating dry. dock now lying in the
harbor Of Havana, Cuba. will give the
navy department. an opportunity OF
settling definitely the point Of interest
to All navy people, the question Of, a
repairing station outside the United
States of q capacity equal 70 the needs
Of the service. 1t is not known where
Il the government intends making the
install ation Of this dock. but it IS be-
iieved that it will be retained in It's
present position and repaired for
actual empl oyment with our feet IN
Cuban waters. Sss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
Hesitation OF Sows.

According to Coburn, young sows
carry their pigs from 100 to JOG days;
old sows from 1l2 to 10 days. spen-
cer,s writing Of English pigs, says:
.The variations in the time that a.
SOW will carry her pigs are very.
slight, and these are pretty well regu--
lated by the age and condition of the:
SOW; thus, old and weakly sows and
young soWs will most frequently bring:
forth a day or two before the expira-.
ton Of the sixteen weeks. sows in,
fair condition will generally falloW on.
the 112th day, while strong and ylgor-:
Gus sows will frequently go a few days
over time" e $& &Ei35$sS !. BIZ ts5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
&; Cover Furniture; with Muslin.

he French hous eWife's love Of fine
! 4 fabrics \. is only equaled By her solici-
\ 1 ude for their preserYati on, and her
thrifty IL mind has been at work all win
ter de'v'1ising some plan by .W hich she
could could rent her Elegantly appointed
apartment to rich foreigners ID Paris
for the expo ton; and yet keep her
fine fin brocad led afurn iture fresh and fair
for for her own ltureS* use and pleasure.
A, sss'llsual Al, Y her ngenHity proved itself
equal iSto q the emery ency 4, and now the
big 1otels, as well as the most expen-
sweet the apartem ents5 meublees have have
adopted her idea. very airs and
sofa covered wit i white spo tied
mus lin The effect is fresh, clean and and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

RepeEts from ( the far northwest
show that there may be some sur
prises in the cleanup in the various
mining camps. The Klo.ndike is sure
to yield many more millions than last
season, because of the labor saving
machinery, such as devices for rapid
thaw1ng of the frozen earth and for
bringing the earth to the surface. At
Atlin, it is asserted on good authority,
the bench claims will yield from 81
to So a cubic yard, and the Spruce
Greek bench claims will produce $751;
100000. Most of the owners of claims
on Spruce and other creeks have put
In hydraulic machinery and in this
way they have worked large amount
of ground. ..s~x..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

. An official report from Rome shows
us how the citizens OF the various
countries compare with each other in
the matter Of letter-writing. England
leads. the van, with fifty-nine missives
per head per annum; Switzerland fol-
lows with forty-one. Then come Ger
many with thirty-three, Denmark with
thirty-one, Austria with twenty-seven,
Holland with twenty three, Belgium
with tWenty-one, and France with
nineteen. -.-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

Photographic observations Of the re-
cent total eclipse Of the SUN will GER
ta lil'y prove far more satisfactory and
valuable than any hitherto obtained.
On no previous occasion has the scien-
tltlc outfit for picture-making been
anything like so complete, and the pub.
LEGATION of prints from the negatives
secured by the Smithsonian institution
with the aid Of it's gigantic camera,
set UP at Wadesboro, N. c., in the
track OF the moons shadow, is awaited
with eagerness by astronomers.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

The; fire protection system haslate-
" attracted consid erable attention.
The new plan is for a separate system
Of pipes in all parts Of the yard, which
will be supplied BY a number; Of hy-
drants. Powerful pumps will be in
stalled in the power station, and a
high pressure Of salt water will, be
keptzat all times Automati sprinklers
and alarms will be placed in the prin-
Scipal buildings 3ss55s s5s. ISL
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
Weeds by the Road Side.

Weeds should never be permitted to
grow adjacent to any mans property
Even though they may have obtained
a good foothold by the side: of the
road and may have covered over a
large area, it is aacomparatively easy
matter to keep them in check, pro-
,vided the man that is most concerned
will put in good strong man with
sharp scythe at the right time Of the
year. That time is when the weeds
are developing and before any of them
nave formed seeds. Cutting them off
has very good effect and weeds will
soon become scarce in a region where
they are looked after in time. In
many cases bare spots might be COW
cred with grass by scattering blue
grass seed. This would certainly be
preferable to weeds, and would cost
little. A weed finds great difficulty
getting a living chance in a good
sward of blue grass.
Altitude at Which Plants VIII B1oon.
The highest point at which Towering
plants have been found, according to
a recent paper to the London Linnean
Society, was in Tibet at 1920 feet
Nine species were recorded at $4,000
feet or higher. The plants were most
lyr of the order compositae, and deep
roofing perennial herbs, having a
rosette of leaves close to the ground,
with the flowers closely nestled in the
center, are characteristic of these al
titudes. In the Bolivian Andes Sir
Martin Conway found two species of
Towering plants at 1900 feet and 80
above $4,000 feet, the latter belonging
to "a general and 81 natural orders.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

summary sun and, as the muslin is semi
transparent, the effect is sometimes
very odd and pretty. Red silk or. twill,
Tor for instance Z appears under, it's white
cover we a soft rose color. and the flow
cred el'a brocades look doubly pretty under
their lne1 white veils.-New York. Com
mercial Advertiser. '.s$Ee,, Ill. f. f.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

Jeffries' seconds then closed in around
him and Corbett was then notified that
"Jeffries is in the ring" He made his
appearance Immediately thereafter and
entered the ring. clothed in a big bath
robe. Hardly had he taken his seat
on his stool before Jeffries elm bed
into the ring, dispossessed Dunk
horst and Took his seat in his corner.
When WI Corbett saw his maneuyers he
was visibly chagrined. @' ~ I'm XIV ;t4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

may styles of ordnance, III -
from the. old cannon marked with the
date of 1909 to the two Spanish rifles
taken from Spanish ships at the bat
tie of Santiago.
The new dry dock, upon which the
future prosperity Of the yard will de-
pend in great measure, will be ESQ
feet long over all, 725 feet on the floor
and 1870 feet wide from coping to cop
Ing and 80 feet wide on the floor. The
greatest depth will be 80 feet 3 inches,
with a draft of 80 feet over the sill 4 at
mean high water. It will be built OF
granite on a solid rock foundation.
The pumping arrangements are. for
three powerful centrifugal pumps, ca
pable of throwing $4,000 gallons OF
water minute. SO that the estimate
of the time for pumping out the dock
will be a. little over two hours. The
pump house will be built 60 feet below
the yard level, so that the drainage
| culvert will beanearly 90 feet below the
foundation of the d ock The building
! will be- of granite and steel, with the
inside wall Of glazed brick and the top
Of glass and iron. The power for run Y +.
ming the pumps and working the 20 ] s
will be supplied from the electric light
and power station, nov. under q e con Al
struction ] herein will be set three
vertical cross comp ound cond eelns sin
auto ically governed engines, each I 3.
engine HAVING d irect connect Jon with
six dynamos Of Z 80 b xii oWatts each,
these to run three motors of 800 k1lo-
watts each, each connected wit f.
pump, the motors to be acedl IN in the
pumping well he boilers Will be six
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

. Bishop Potter pays a high tribute to
the character and qualities of the rank
and Fl lie of our army in Manila. He
says, in effect, that no one who has
seen our soldiers in the Philippines,
and has noted their splendid physique,
their attention to duty; and the high
average Of intelligence existing among
them, can fail to have an increased
pride in our army and profound faith
IN their. capability to do whatever is
required Of them. He saw our soldiers
IN many places, under all varieties of
circumstances, during his stay IN as.a-
qua, but not one among them who
fenev,.,.fs discredit upon himself or his
m ,f,xr
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
DIR Bsr|lald.
GRAND MARIAs, 81 MINNESOTA.

84 81 report On the buD ionic plague mas
been issued BY the government Of
Bombay, which states that the h OBJ
5seryations of the medical staff go to
show that 70 per. cent; Of the seizures
terminate fatally; also that bacteri-
p1logy. SO far, has not resulted in the
discovery Of any cure for the disease.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
Pleasant Trea tmn .sr 81 Disease.

II In q pamph let on the superstition
and dical practices Of Bernesepea
antry DR. Zahle u inself a native Of
the Bernese O berland, states that the
belief ID itchcraf IS sloWly yield ding
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
country.
y How is this for a bridal trip? as

----------''-------------- asIf -:
How is this for a bridal trip? asks
the Washington Evening Star. A
young couple went to Flagstaff, Ariz.,
bought couple of big wagons and
teams of mules, hired couple of
teamsters and a good cook and start
ed south for Phoenix. The principal
wagon was rooted with canvas and
the trip is described as IDEAL No flies
Or mosquitoes, good hunting, and the
light of love" combining with that
from moon and stars. Upon arrival at
Phoenix the wagons were sold at an
advance, and the couple proceeded by
rail to Los Angeles in search of new
adventures. They may return via
Japan and India. ~ * -. 4. S.,-.. ~ ..r
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11


When the men left
their dressing rooms
Jeffries' procession pre-
coded that of Corbett
and his seconds. When
they got to the ring,
however, Jeffries squat
ted down outside of it
and Dunkhorst, sur
rounded by Jeffries' sec
onds, assembled the steps
in the ring and took a
l. .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11
g. >" = 80. = = =. 81. Er7F-5 y
Exploration of Catacombs

i An \ Sz appeal has been made to
aarchafeologists and others who are il >
tesrested in Christian antiquities to
subscribe toward the further explor.a--,
ton Of the; catacombs. The commits
si 81 = q Of sacred archaeology has been
pe pc 70 y i an excellent work in con-
t,iln 2 lirg the excavations where BE Ros-
81 ended the work The present pope.
Leo Lex KILL, has aided the work gener-
ously but the means att the disposal
of the commits sion are still INADEQUATE.
OF d the forty-fve cemeteries only about bout
five are. at present accessible to the
visitor to Rome. $40.
German Student Wanderers. S5
German students are returning to
the med ieYal /. no ion OF wandering
about the world. The modern Coli
ards, however, are pers lly conduct
ed and know beforehand n precisely
what their journeys vii cost them.
Last year the tied 81 his year
800 OF them vii go to gonst antinople
and to Asia Minor.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-11

Instance, in the block
shop, there is a machine
for manufacturing buck
cts, which, when run by
one man, will turn out
30 buckets a day.
Over on one side of
the island are the 80
graves of Spanish pris-
oners who, died Of fever
or wounds. when the
Spanish prisoners were
CHARTERED there. !.
Al tho pl,n norlx3 are
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-11-01
NEW VOL. 35.---NO. 81.

whoever he was, drew rein at our
door. Then there were murmur of
voices and an opening and shutting of
doors and then my mother S voice call
ing to ME: Mary, Mary child, come
down! Henry is here. He's come"
Scarcely believing that I heard
Alright, l got up and ran down stairs
and into the kitchen, and there before
me, his face pale as death, with a
blood stained baudage bound about
his forehead, stood your grandfather.
Mary" he cried, holding out his
hands to me-. Il am in time The
clock has not strack yet r
Then Parsou Elder, who had come
over to hear the news from Arthur.
came forward and said, "Shall I per-
form tie ceremony now ?''
- so+ight then, and there your grand
father, in his working clothes all
stained with dust and blood, and | in
my morning calico were married.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-11-01
sI.00 A YEAR.
The Microbe Craze.

Prof. Morton says There is great
danger of the meteorological craze land
ing its devOtees in a quagmire, from
which extricatiou will be difficult if
not impossible without loss of pres
tige' The earnest ;avest'e tors,are
prone, ~ e enthusiasm, - take
too much for granted (the wish being
father to the thought, and It will
not be at all surprising to find that
many steps will have to be retraced;
many ingenious and promising the
ories abandoned, It should be borne
in mind that microscopic life is in the
main, benefcient to humanity; that
the varieties associated with disease
are comparatively few, by comparison
with the othSrs,r aud tls~., iu ,hs 49,.
of the bacteria that have been def
initely identified with specific dis
eases, it has never been satisfactorily
demonstrated that they are the cause,
and not the product, in such cases.
Although some facts are positively
known in bacteyiology, yet the conclu-
sions drawn from them are manly
conjectural, and in this, as in other
fields, it is not at all unlikely that
the next generation will see the pres
eRt teachings thrown out, and gen.
,eral recasting Of theories.