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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

re1egated to the duty OF prison snip
and a place of confinement for our
privateersmen captured by the British
toward whom the bitterest anlmoslty !
was felt. Smallpox in its most vlru-
lent form soon fastened upon her IN
mates, and fearing that the disease
might spread to the well-populated
shore, the ship was. moved to the
Wallabout, then a solitary and unfre-
quented part of Long Island, but now
the site of the flourishing Brooklyn
navy yard. There she slowly ~rotted
away during the remaining years or
our struggle for liberty, and finally;
sank on the site she had made the.
center of so much human misery and
needless suffering. =, ~ PIN. F + Z
Any one that has been aboard the
old order of our wooden, ships can re-
call the limited space between decks,
the scanty allowance of sunshine that
found it's way in through the none-too-
generous gun ports, and the general
atmosphere Of confinement even under
the pleasantest conditions. The sur
roundings on the Jersey were these
limitations intensified by an indiffer-
ence that amounted to Well-nigh dew
ilish cunning. + T. &sz "a z # 4
The old gun ports were securely
closed as soon as the ship was given
over to prison purposes, and small
holes, about 10 feet apart, were cut
instead. These openings, only 20
inches square, were, in turn, partly
closed by the stout iron bars that
crossed them in two directions; and
when we remember that the vessels
sides were from Is to twenty odd
inches thick, one can realize how eff
fectually the inmates were cut out
from the reach Of sunshine, except for
the briefest while in the earliest and
latest hours Of the day. s.
The bowsprit of the ship was the
only original spar Of the ship left, and
out upon its ample length the hardest
OF the prisoners cIambered to be as
free as possible from the noisome at
R,aasphere of the body Of the hulk. Sew
eral accounts Of the ship have been
written, but none Of them with more
fulness and startling truth OF color
than the simple, aightforWard ac,.5
count of Capt. Thomas Dring Of the
Provi dence privateer, The Chance
vessel OF 70 six-po under cannon and a
compl clement Of 65 men.
Dring's account dWells upon the sum-
ner period, in fact he was liberated il
October. after a confinement OF only
Eve months. but the story Of the win
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

Germany proposes to forbid the en-
employment of saccharine and
other sweetening matter except when
1t Is recommended for therapeutic pur-
poses. The sale of the substance will
be permitted only by chemists and
other specially authorized persons.
Even in these instances it will be sub
jected to consumption tax of 500 per
kilogram. This new law will go into
effect in April, 1902. ..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

After having enjoyed several
years of uninterrupted popularity the
russell shoe seems at last to have been
laid upon the shelf. Shoe dealers adj
NIT that there is no logical reason for
the decline Of the russell other than
that people want change. This year
the low shoes worn by men are almost
invariably Of black leather. In the
windows where russets are displayed
at all they are marked down.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28
hooonotor Ataxia Patients Unlte.

NATIONAL Locomotor Ataxia League
has been organized, with an office in
+ fifth avenue, New York. The object
of the league is to promote research
for a permanent cure for the disease.
1t is the intention Of the league to
offer a reward of $4,000 for the dis
acovery of a guaranteed cure. It is be-
lieyed that there are from Is, 900 to
10000 sufferers from locomotor ataxiaz
in this country, all Of whom, it is
hoped, will become members of the
league, and by contributions from
them and others and /. with govern
ment aid it is expected to secure the
money to build sanitarium New
York Medical Journal. ID.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

PUNISHED.

I'd From the Buffalo Courier: He was a
great musician. He came to the expo
sition to battle his soul in harmony,
but heat overcame his Judgment and
he washed his parched throat with
stlmulants to excess. He couldn't car
.ry the load. A policeman found him
making an Intellectual effort to do so,
and the next morning he faced the sun
rise justice. s5s5
Musician, chr said the court. "Mu-
slclan and gentleman, but beastly
drunk. Well, sir, I'm going to make
an example of you. The usual penalty
for this offense is ten days in Jail, but
in your case it will be ten DAYS in .
bally-hoo band on the Midway" ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

The Moorish girl is stately, graceful
pallm1-.liIke, and plastic; she is ROBBED in
semi transparent muslin, suggestive OF
mystic light, draping and melloWing
such female loveliness as Phidias and
Praxiteles sought to embody ia ancient
ART. Her features reflect her soul as
Q mountain lake she bears on it's sur
faes a/pieture Of the sunlit sky; her
nfhesome limbs are rounded and shape
~, as Il cast in a perfect mold BY an
olympian artist. Her words are poetic
q, smiles lies and proverbial visit dom, liped ii
o soft dialect OF Ara 1s;n 81,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28
Virtues OF Turtles.

I Doctor Yerkes Of Harvard Univers-
ity, in experimenting with the turtle,
has discovered that it is a model of
patience and persistency. It rises su-
perior to- great obstacles. The Pru-
Dental Record gives certain results of
his observations: The doctor arranged
box with various obstacles between
the extreme corners, in one of which
was a dark nest. At the end farthest
from the nest he placed a turtle. The
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28
MID-AUGUsT.

nTID-AUGUsT.
August, SWeeth eart OF the sun,
Summer work is nearly done.
While the idle days are going
List thy ardent lovers Wooing.
Now the year is IN its prime
Take thy brief vacation time.
Stubbly fields are brown and yellow,
Pippins ripe are growing mellow.
Ranks on ranks Of shining corn,
Jeweled by the dew Of morn, .s
Whisper in the evening airs
Like a legion saying prayers.
Farmer boys on loaded wains,
Harvest moons on gathered grains; 4
Tender hearts a bit forlorner, 4. q
Summers turned another corner!
2, g. Tompkins in Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly. I. ..- +,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

Overburdened people have hitherto
looked upon sea voyage as a. sure
escape to days Of rest; but wireless tel
egraphy now opens the terrible posi-
bility of daily papers printed upon
ocean steamships, and receiving news
from both Sides. Long ago the apostle
spoke Of inventors of evil things" Al
though wireless telegraphy will have
many worthy uses, the Evil Thing
would be a good name for a mid-ocean
newspaper,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28
Thieves OF India.

Probably the most expert thieves i'm
the world are those in lower Bombay.
There theft has been made a fine art
To enter a Zenana, or the Woman's
apartment in a native house, where all
the family treasures are kept, is the
ambition of every native thief. This
is. no easy matter, for the zenana is
the center Of the house, surrounded
by other apartments occupied by ever
Wakeful sentinels. In order to reach
it the thief burrows under the house
until his tunnel reaches point be-
meath the floor Of the room to which
access is sought. But the cautious ma
tive does not at once enter Full we'll
he knows that the inmates Of the
house sometimes detect the miner at
work and stand over the hole armed
with deadly weapons, silently await-
ing his appearance. He has with him
q piece Of bamboo, at one end of
which bunch Of grass represents a.
human head, and this he thrusts up:
through the completed breach. be the
vicarious head does not come ID grief
the real one takes its place, and the.
thief entering the zenana secretes.
himself i'm finding everything favor
able for this purpose, proceeds to att.
tempt what seems an impossible un-s
dertaking. This, indeed, is no less a
task than to remove from the ears and
arms and noses the earrings, Brace
let's, armlets, bangles and nose rings
Of the sleepers without awakening
them and to set safely SaW way with his
plunder Who but dacoit wo,a..d be
equal to SO delicate, dangerous and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

One of the strangest botanical curl
osities in the world is the wonder
wonder flower in the Malay PENN
sula. 1t is simply blossom, without
leaves, vine, or stem, and grows as a
parasite on decayed wood. This ex-
traordinary flower is something like a
yard in diameter and has a globular
cup in the middle with capacity Of
five or six quarts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

A waterproof paper that has just
been brought out in Manchester, Eng
land, is meeting with great success.
1t is made up OF two sheets Of brown
paper stuck together with a rubber
solution. r. 1872.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

The greatest bay ON the face OF the
earth is that of Bengal. Measured in
a straight line from the two inclosing
,peninsulas its extent is about 100000
square miles, or nearly double that OF
Texas. ##.sE
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28
judicial Consolation.

IS man who had been convicted a.
. stealing q small amount was brcsa
into court for sentence. He looked
very sad and homeless and the courS
was was much moved BY his contrite ap.
pearance.
ss i Il ave you ever been sentenced a.
impriso nment n the Judge asked.
Never! Never!,, exclaimed tha
prisoner, bursting into tears.
Don't cry, don't CRY said the
5udge, consolingly you are going IL
be now ~ Chicago News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28
London.a Postal Service.

From any point in London a man
can write a letter in the morning and
get an answer the same day. and if
not too far off he can do the same in
the country, depending. Of course,
upon the promptness of the person to
whom the letter is addressed. This
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

Paris is threatened with an elevated
structure in it's finest streets. 1t is
proposed to build moving sidewalk
like that used in the late exposition,
> to run along the Avenue de POpera
the grand Boulevards, the Boulevard
Sebastopol, the Rue Turbigo and the
Rue de Vivoll, circuit Of about six
miles.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

Seven hundred and eighty-six miles
OF Japanese railway, owned by the
japanese government, earns one-third
more yearly than 2,942 miles owned By
private companies.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

The inspiration or oxygen has per-
united aeronauts to ascend to heights
safe had they depended alone on the
thin air of these high regions. The
oxygen is breathed in through a tube
held in the mouth.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

F., An attachment is provided in Swed-
en- by which the secrecy of the tele-
phone line is assured The apparatus,
which is rented at moderate rate, in
dictates whether the telephone operator
is listening to the conversation or not.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

A stingless bee has been discovered
In Mantserrat, In the West Indies. 1t
gathers honey, the quality OF which
can be improved on by modern hives.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28
1IISFIT.

G1lllgan--There's a feI1y lookin' for
Mcguire wild club an Macs bought
six-shooter. q ~ :"
Mulligan-That's queer. There amt
six fellies, is there?-Chicago News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28
STILL ABLE TO BE AR0UT

Boys-Yes, SIR these is later bugs
what dad made us pick, an we got to
burn 'em up. y..4% = ; a15~.= = .~e
Brainy Bowers-Well, you needn't
bother to do dat, cause I'll do it fur
you. Leave EN- wit me. Tanks.
GoOd-by. *$-s - =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28
LITTLE LAUGHLBTs.
After the Feast.

5s5H#5 4-3Efs3 VS5G SAaS y GsSBGs
First Gambia - n what a geea
man that missionary vast J, a=s8
Second Cannib mi Vas A
good as pie. Philadelphia BullesIn..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28
THE TIME TO la UGH.
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL. AND
SELECTED.

The August Sweetheart Still Able to be
About, or = Rural Tragedy Illustrated
Expecting More Company 90 Little
V LapghIets.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-28

r., DO | wanter pick later bugs fur rs
cents per hour? OATS what!'' * i
!. Farmer Small Well, I'll pay ye
when ye bring back this bag nigh full.
[Aside.] | won't dosnothin' to the poor
inherent hobo! re i -''s.s ':,,,
North Park union., 1901-08-16

st. Louis Fair Com mission.

Members of the st. Louis fair COM
mission met In Denver August 9th and
organized by the election OF the follow
Ing officers: Commlssioner-in-chi
Captain George W. Thatcher; vice pres
ident, Attorney +. ]. O'Donnell; treas
urer. /. A. Van Rouse.
Commissioner Thatcher will employ
n stenOgrnpher.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr. Stevens and unanimously
adopted:
"I,esoIved, by the board Of st. Louis
Worlds fair managers OF Colorado,
that each and every OF the members
thereof. except the commissioner-in-
chief. whose salary is fixed by law, ana
who is required to give his entire time
to the duties OF his position. shall
waive the per diem compensation pro-
vided by law for their services, ana
each aud every of them hereby agree
to serve without compensation FOR
such services either from the state or
from any other source.
"Resolved. further. that the moneys
provided by law for such compensation
shall be covered back into the fund for
making the states exhibit Mt the st.
Louis Worlds fair"
The bills OF COmmissioner-in-
Thatcher for July. 1901. for $a'S.5O,
were allowed. Thomas ii. Johnson of
Loveland was employed to assist the
commIssioner-in-chie at S125 per
month and his expenses.
The board adjourned until the first
Monday In September at p. IN.
Commissioner Thatcher said the COM
mission would ask G.OOO square feeet
of room upon which the state building
will be erected.
North Park union., 1901-08-16
STATE REVENUES
AND ASSESSMENTS

Denver. Aug. S.-Thc situation to-
day MS summed up by a morning paper
is as follows:
The State Supreme Court will take
up the revenue bill matter on Monday,
September 9th. II the attorneys are
ready to proceed at that time. and rem
der an opinion as soon thereafter as
possible.
Governor Orman will call special
session of the Thirteenth General As
sembly at once II the State Supreme
Court upholds the decision of Judge
Dixon, and may call 1t sooner.
The members of the State Board OF
Equalization have declared their inten-
tion to assess the corporate property of
the state in proportion to the county
assessments.
The members of the State Board Of
Equalization have been served with a
peremptory writ of mandamus issued
by Judge Dixon. compelling them to
assess the railroads. telegraphs. tele-
phones, etc, In compliance with the
old law.
BY vote of IL to % the county as
SCISSORS decided that they had not the
legal right to levy an assessment on
mortgages. which will decrease the
state. assessment from $1O.OO0,0OO to
$15.0OO,OOO.
State Auditor Crouter holds that he
had not the legal right to issue war
rants to the county assessors for SER
vices rendered. hence they are work
ing for nothing.
North Park union., 1901-08-16
IOWA REPUBLICANS
BEGIN CAMPAIGN

Cedar Rapids, Ia. Aug. S.-The fol
lowing ticket was nominated by the
Iowa Republican convention yester-
day:
GovernOr-A. B. Cunmins.
Lieutenant governor-JOhn Herriott.
Judge of the Supreme COURTS. NJ.
Weaver.
Railroad Commissioner e. c.
Brown.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
r. C. Barrett.
The platform expresses qualification
over the endorsement given to the ad-
mnistration OF President Mckinley by
the decisive majorities of last year and
rejoices in the manifold benefits result
ing to the country from his reelection
congratulates the country upon the en-
tOyment of state of prosperity; points
out that the demand for labor In every
field Is imperative; approves the work
of the Fifty-sixth Congress. Its action
for the reduction of taxation ana Its
constructive Legislation giving effect to
the party declarations of 1886 and
1900. The platform continues:
I'VE would emphasize our endorse
ment Of Its action in more firmly estab-
fishing our monetary system upon
gold basis. and In providing FOR civii
government In Porto Rico and the
Philippines and for the REIMBURSEMENT
of our authority in Cuba. The policy
of this government toward these
islands has followed inevitably upon
our expulsion of the authority OF Spain.
The paramount consideration has been
to secure the lasting welfare OF these
people, whose fortunes and destinies
In, In lpnanInnf
upon us. The fact that our authority
there is q result of war waged not
for our nggrandiZement but In the
name OF humanity. must forever gov
ern and inspire our relations to them. '.
The platform opposes all legislation
designed to accomplish the disfran-
chisement of citizens upon the lines OF
race, color or station In life; upholds
the policy OF the Republican party in
giving protection to home industries; !;
fnyors such changes In the tariff from
time to time as become advisable
through the progress of our Industries
and their changing relations to the
commerce OF the world; endorses the
policy of reciprocity rs the natural
complement Of projections; asserts the
Sovereignty Of the people over all cor.
porations and aggregations OF capltai
and the right residing In the people TO
enforce such regulations. restrictions
or prohibitions upon corporate ihanhee
ment as will protect the Individual ana
society from abuse of the power which
great combinations Of capital WELD.
We favor such amendment OF the In.
terstate commerce act as Will more
fully carry out Its prohibition OF dis-
examinations In rate-making ana an!
modification Of the tariff schedules that
may be required to prevent their az
fording shelter to monopoly
North Park union., 1901-08-16

Denver. Aug. S.-The Republican
this morning says:
Judge Dixon's peremtory writ was
served yesterday 1t requires Cover
nor Orman and other members OF the
State Board Of Equalization to ASSEM-
Bile at the capitol to AFFORD all persons
and corporations opportunity to np-
pear and to submit facts to INFORM the
board, and to make n fair and eQuit-
able assessment of all property re-
quired to be assessed under the old rev.
enue law. Governor Orlnan says that
meeting of the board will he called
In obedience to the writ and that the
action Of the board will be In accord
ance with the advice Attorney Gen
eral Post may give. II the Supreme
Court decided against the new law the
governor will call an extra session of
the Legislature. The corporations are
waiting for the state to act
Governor Orman said yesterday that
q meeting of the board would be
called at once to decide whether 1t
should fix the schedules In accordance
with the writ or wait until the Su-
preme Court passed on the constitu-
tionality Of the new revenue law. The
North Park union., 1901-08-16
Admiral Hox,.ou Chosen.

Washington. Aug. 6.-Rear Admiral
Henry l.. Howison has been selected
to NIL the vacancy on the Schley court
or inquiry caused by the inability of
Rear Admiral Kimberley to serve. Ad.
miral Howison's name is one of sew
eral officers whom Admiral Schley no.
titled the department We're satisfactory
to him. The appointment Is also satis-
factory to Captain Parker, Admiral
Schley's assistant counsel.
He was in command OF the cruiser
Vandalia at Samoa. which later went
down In the hurricane in Apia barbor.
while flying the flag of Rear Admiral
Kimberley, who had succeeded him as
senior officer on the station, and whom
lie now succeeds on this court.
North Park union., 1901-08-16
JUDGE DIXON'S ORDER SERVED
ON EQUALIZATION BOARD

advice given by the attorney general
will, 1t is understood, influence the
board In Its action.
The attitude OF the governor as eA-
pressed thus far Is to comply unhesi.
tatingly with the courts order. Should
the Supreme Court decide to sustain
Judge Dixon. he said the board. OF
course. would proceed according TO the
old law. but. II the Supreme Court re,
verses Judge Dixon. the board would
have no reason for meeting.
Governor Orman said yesterday that
he would call an extra session of the
Legislature should the Supreme Court
decide against the validity of the new
revenue law.
"That is the only course see left,
said he, 'if the Supreme Court sus-
tains Judge Dixon. Meantime meet
ing of the Board OF Equalization In ac-
cordnnce with the writ of mandamus
will be called. We have no desire to
disobey any court and the board Will
probably act on the advice of the nttor-
ney general. Whether we shall 80 to
work at once and fix the schedules will
be decided upon the advice Of Attorney
General Post.
North Park union., 1901-08-16
INJUNCTION REFUSED
BY JUDGE DIXON

Denver, Aug. S.-rhe News this
morning prints special telegram from
Pueblo, dated yesterday, ms follows:
Railroads this afternoon undertook,
by formal application to Judge n. Wal
ter Dixon of the District Court. to Sc
cure restraining order preventing the
state board of assessors now in session
in Denver from proceeding to the as
st.ssment of railroad and other like
corporate property. Judge Dixon heard
the application In chambers, but In
stead OF issuing the order gave 1t as
his view that 1t was best that both the
state board of equalization and the
state board of assessors should proceed
to fix valuations of corporate property.
In this way, in his opinion. any dilem-
ma in which the state might be found
after decision by the Supreme Court In
the revenue bill case will be avoided.
II the Supreme Court sustains Judge
Dixon's ruling that the revenue law
was irregularly passed. and is there
fore invalid. the assessments made by
the state board Of equalization VIII be
ready for immediate certitication to the
various counties. On the other hand,
should the Supreme Court reverse
Judge DiXon's decision. the state board
of assessors. having continued In the
discharge OF the duties prescribed by
the revenue bill. the assessment Of cor
porate property by them would then be
ready for certIticntiOn to the various
counties.
An elaborate petition was presented
to the court and was argued at cOnsid-
cradle length. In this petition the only
allegation is OH the ground Of Irregular
ity In the passage OF the revenue bill.
In refusing to issue the restraining or
der. Judge Dixon directed his remarks
to the legal and practical points. Tech
nicnlly, In his opinion, the question of
validity OF the revenue bill Is now
pending In the Supreme Court. and he
did not feel like In any way interfere
ing. Furthermore, he took the posi-
ton that the acts OF the state board of
assessors are null and void and could
therefore work no injury to the peti-
TONERS. II Judge Di:on's ruling on
the revenue is correct. he said, In sub
stance. the state board OF assessors are
merely private individuals so far as
their alleged membership in the at
tempted board Is concerned He could
not see the prOpriety OF issuing writ
of injunction against such persons.
Considerable disappointment was
evidently felt by the railroad attorneys,
who argued earnestly for the writ.
Nevertheless. when they found Judge
Dixon indisposed to grant an injunc-
ton they began to pave the way for a
withdrawal of their petition. The rec
ords OF the court will therefore never
show officially that the application was
made"