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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
A CRIME TO GGER
PROVISION AGAINST INTEMPERANCE III A
SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN

" The strangest law which has ever
sprung from South Cardinals dispen-
sary system has been adopted by the
town council of Yorkville, thriving
country seat near the mountain line
When the dispensary system was first
operated Yorkville fought it bitterly
because the citizens of that town are
strong on temperance. The law was
unpopular. It did not prove success
full, and finally it was decided to have
an. election in which the people could
express their views on the dispensary
or prohibition. The voters buried the
dispensary and prohibition ruled the
day.
But the closing of the state estab-
lishments did not stop the sale of
liquors. Men got drunk just as they
formerly had done, and in the low
quarter of the. town intoxicated men
reeled out, shocking spectacle of
prohibition The wise heads took
counsel together They talked over the
defects, and agreed to punish the man
who drank, and not the man who
sold. An extra meeting of. the town
council was called. An ordinance was
introduced making it misdemeanor
for any person to be seen staggering on
the streets of the town. That was
where the wise heads thought the: root
of the evil could be crushed. There
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26

was a bitter fight in the council over
the proposed legislation Glass was
arrayed against class, but the anti
stagger law prevailed, and it was &C
cordingly entered on the statutes.
" There is no provision in the law
by which a man suffering from paraly-
sis can be exempted from the operation
OF the law. All staggering people look
alike to the wise men of Yorkville.
whether he stagger from drink or
from partial paralysis, he is seized,
hurried before town physician, and
his condition tested. If there is the
door OF whisky he is sent Up to be.
lined; If he staggers from PARALYSIS
or from other troubles, and can pro-
duce the whisky odor besides, he is.
dealt with under the anti-stagger law.
Friends and supporters of the new
measure declare that it has rid the.
streets of the drunkards and has ma.
terially decreased: the sale of liquor.
Men who fought for its adoption de-
clare that it has increased drunken
ness, because men buy the whisky from
the blind tigers aid then go home
to- drink the entire supply, with the
expectation of remaining there until
thoroughly sobered. The law has in
jected new issues into the political life
OF Yorkville, and people from other
towns are anxious to see similar meas
ures adopted at their homes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
A BOYS ESSAY ON WATER

The following highly original COM
position on the subject ofwater was re-
Gently credited to an American how in
an English newspaper: "Water is
found everywhere, especially when it
rains as it. did the other day. when
our cellar was half full. Jane Ia; had to
wear her fathers rubber boots to get
onions for dinner. Onions make vo,1r
eyes water and, so does horseradish
when you eat too much There are a
good many kinds of water in the
World-rain water, soda water. fire
water and brine. Water is used for
a good many things. Sailors use wa
ter to go to sea on. Water is a good
thing to fire at boys with a squirt
gun and to catch fishes in. NV father
caught big one the other day and
when he pulled it out it was an ell
Nobody could be saved from drown
ing if there wasn't any water to null
them out Of Water is first-rate to
put fires out with. I love to go to. q
fire-see the men work at the engines
. This is all can think Of about water
except the food.,,' 5 & + .:< :1 5s;s=
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
Ideas e; Become
asst

e instances are numerous which show
how the fancies Of the novelist may
become realities through men and
women reproducing in actual life the
Imaginary scenes OF the story teller.
II is well known that Sir Walter Be
SAINTS story Of "All* Sorts and Condi-
tons OF Men, brought about the build
ing OF the Peoples palace IN London!
Jules Verne's apparently wild flights
of imagination in Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea- is probably
largely responsible for the wonderful
progress that has been made in sub
marine navigation, and the tconstruc-
TSstors and operators Of these boats have
been already able to discount some of
the novelist's fancies. When the city
OF Galveston was overwhelmed in an
instant by. the destroying waters tens
OF thousands of people read the de-
tailed story in the newspapers and
wondered at the reproduction in this
|catastrophy of the Lafcadio Hearn's
story Of "Chitu: A Memory of Lost
Islands The Galveston story, to the
smallest detail, had long before been
dreamed and the dream told by the
pen OF Hearn. Those who have read
King Solomons Mines remember
how Captain Good upon one occasion
when things were looking decidedly
dubious for the English adventures
saved the lives of himself and his COM
panions by a skillful manipulation of
his single eyeglass and his false teeth.
.3The recent outbreak in Ashanti fur
fnished an incident which almost paral-
leled the one imagined by Rider Hag-
gard. Two .Englishmen were in a ma
tive village far out on the western bor-
ders Of the disturbed country. When
the war broke out all their native
servants left them and they were alone
with the hostile savages. One, a min
ing prospector, went to neighboring
chief for protection. The chief re-
celVed him kindly, gave him a meal
and, while he was eating, beat his
brains out with war club. The other
man, Walter Bennett by name, a sur
Veyor, was starting from his house
when he heard the fate of his compan-
ion. He made his way to- another
chief, who received him grimly, took
mSinto his house and then intimated
that he would shortly do things to
Mr.. Bennett. The chiefs family gath
cred around to inspect their victim and
the Englishman. adjusted his monocle
and sat down to think things over.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
CLAHoRED FOR SERVICE.

The average horse is very fond of
sugar, said a New Orleans citizen
yesterday, and recently > I have had
occasion to observe case where net
morse is very badly spoiled on account
OF the practice of giving him sugar.
Inc thing was called to my attention
uncer rather peculiar circumstances
out have been able since that. time
TO observe the matter under calmer
anu more favorable conditions, : The
morse is family pet and is . fine
looking fellow. He belongs to a well.
+: KNOWN citizen Of New Orleans, a man
WHO keeps one of the most celebrated
restaurants in the country. Some
1me ago / was in the restaurant. and
neard the most distressing sound i'm
ag1nable On the outside in one of the
streets running along the restaurant
At hrst 1 paid but little attention to
tne matter as thought it was of the
oro1Rary spats between horses. It was
nnerely the usual neighing sound made
"hen strange horses find themselves
tlea TO the same 'hitching post, a
tatner curious and noisy wav thew
nave of getting acquainted with each
other. But IAsoon learned that there
was only one, horse hitched at the
post, and that he was extending no
greeting to member of his kind He
was conducting a little quarrel with
a man who, was slipping around be-
tween the tables in the dining room,
a FELLOW with a white jacket on. Who
was serving what the. guests at the
restaurant might order. I became in
~terested In the horse and made some
inquiries about him. It had been a
practice for some time for some mem
Der OF the family to drive the animal
down to the restaurant in: the AFTER
noon: While he was hitched at the
post one Of the walters was in the
haDlt or feeding him sugar. This was
the cause : of all the trouh1e Tho
waiter had failed to go out with his
usual promptness, and the animal had
become trifle uneasy about the mai
Ter and hence he set up a fearful
noWl. AS soon as he got the sugar he
lapsed into silence, and I have OH
served the same thing many times
since then."--New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
The Cheerful GiYer.

There was a very rich man who
went about enjoying himself. He pos
sessed magnificent palaces, and his
stud costs: him hundreds Of thousands
of dollars a year. One day, after. his
horses had made a particularly i fine
showing on the track, this man threw
$40 to people. in the street who were
soliciting for charity. Then there was
a furore. Long reports, Of the act were
telegraphed to all parts of the coun-
try. The mans portrait was hunted
up for publication in a hundred pa
pers. Editorials were written in his
praise, and he was referred to as ..one
of natures noblemen. s Meanwhile,
after giving to charity. he entertained
a few friends .atsa little dinner, which
cost him $3.50. It isn't the Lord alone
who loves a cheerful yer. icago
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
DoG AND COOK NJ RE cssuAas.
Queer Animal Frlens ship Existing In
New En- rland Tovrs,. 81. s%

Queer Animal Frleht ship Existing In .
IS New England Town,
AT. Derby, Conn, George Mechter-
scheimer has q raccoon which u.s. about
the most Intelligent animal In that VI
scii1ity. He caught it while out hunt:
ing one day last spring and he brought
1t home to exhibit it to his friends.
The raccoon was a little fellow, barely
able to walk, and was put IN a cage
and placed at the back of the saloon.
The little fellow would stand no fool
ing, however, and at the least attempt
to approach him would snap and bite
like q wild cat He was we'll fed and
everything done to make the animal
comfortable. In time he became more
tame and at last he was allowed Che
liberty Of the saloon. He became a
faYorite with everybody who came in
contact with him and soon learned
how to do a number Of tricks. He
eats dozen bananas a day and will
go through the pockets OF. any one
whom he knows, usually finding some
thing. He and Rap, Georges spaniel,
are great chums and it. is .comicala to
watch the two together, the dog let
ting the coon get on his back and
drive him around the place s%x1: 4. 5": 81
The other night two dogs entered
the saloon and the minute they set
eyes on Pete, the coon, they went for
!. him. in Pete backed into a corner and,
standing on his hind feet, used his
forepaws like prize fighter, and got
in SO many cross-swings, upper cuts
and straight blows that he had both
dogs licked. in no time. They turned.
tail and ran out of the place for#all
they were worth, with Pete after them.
He landed on the back Of the larger.
dog and nearly drove that, animal
crazy by scratching and biting him.
1t was a victory for Pete and he
seemed to realize it, for he walked up
to: where the bananas were kept and
would not go away until he had one.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
Eancses az Novelfs
Repro duced Sd
Actual Life.

81 sJt : i
The single eyeglass at once caught the
fancy Of the chiefs wives and children
and they laughed and jabbered until
Mr.. Bennett had to laugh too For an
hour or SO the family Of the chief kept
the surveyor doing stunts" with his.
ieyeglass. When he managed to screw
the. glass into the eve Of the chiefs
favorite wife the hilarious rapture OF.
the whole village was complete. and
even the old chief laughed until his
/ Woolly hair hurt him. Needless to say
Mr. Benefits life was spared and he
was conducted to a place from which
he could reach the British lines. Bib
ianiha is the a,name of the village
where the surveyor saved his life after
the manner of Captain Good Of King
Solomon's Mines You can't find it on
the map-at least not on the ordinary
~ones-but it is probable that the VIII.
layers are laughing there yet at the.
strange Englishman with the adjusta-.
BILE eye. Some years ago Justin Nc
Carthy wrote novel called RED Dia-
monds." In that story can be found
mang things which remind one of the
Molineux case. Captain Praven, secre-
tary of the5Voyagers' club in that story,
had an enemy called Bostwick, who
tried to- kill him as, it is alleged, Moli-
neux tried to kill Harry Cornish, by
sending him some poisoned headache
powders, which came to the captain in
almost exactly the same manner as the
powders came to Cornish. And the
failure of the plot is about similar in
manner to- the failure of the plot
against Cornish. When Alaska was
purchased from Russia in 1867 no one
thought that it would prove a SECOND
California as regards gold, but in that
year Bret Harte pictured Yankee min
ers swinging their picks in the midst
of wildernesses of snow and ice, and,
in fact, prophesied the Klondike out Of
the fullness of his imagination. In
Pursued by the Law J. Maclaren
Cobbian has a criminal, in the custody
of two policemen, scramble through
the window of a rapidly moving rail !
way train, leap from it to the ground
and make off. The critics naturally pro-
nounced this incident as "highly ex-
citing, but unfortunately impossible
Two days after such a criticism ap-
peared the London papers, under the
heading "Leaped from a Train,'
chronicled an incident exactly similar
to that described by Mr.. Cobbian.-Chi-
cago Chronicle. -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
CHIPMUNKs AND SQUIRRELS.

AAAA ALL AMI
In conversation with the we'll
known author and naturalist, Mr..
John Burroughs recently, the editor
was surprised to hear. the question
asked: Are the shipnarks decreasing
generally?' Asked what suggested
the question, Mr.. Burroughs declared
that he believed from his observations
IN the, Hudson valley and in the Cats
Kill mountains that that was the case,
and that correspondents had men,
toned their apparent decrease else
where. Then he added another as
tonishing statement to the effect that
several Of these correspondents had
asserted that the red squirrels were
greatly on the increase in their local.
lt1es, and they believed that the chip
munks were being driven away by
the red squirrels. Here is matter
that! observant young people may be
able to throw light upon. Two ques-
lions are to be answered. First, has
there been any notable change in the
relation or the actual numbers of
chipmunks tTamias straitus) and of
red squirrels (scirus hudsonius) in
your your region? Second is there any
evidence that the red squirrel can or
does materialize, injure, or injuriously
compete with the lively, striped neigh
bour? A great many intelligent an
sWers to these questions ought to be
Forthcoming, and Incidentally, a good
zeal OF general Information as to
these familiar friends of, our wood
lands may be obtained.-E. I. in Mon
treal Herald and Star.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
THE CoNCE1rED ROOSTER

Being dignifed old gander and
knowing that one goose is Of more
value than three hens T. have never
had much to say the roosters and
their hooks. Now and then = have
met an old hen who had other
thoughts than chuckling about and,
rutfilng up her feathers and trying to
pass8for puliet, but most of them
are not worth a gander's time. It is
still worse with the roosters. I can't
say that l ever met one who'd talk
about the weather or the crops for
i've minutes. Their idea is to strut
ABOUT and show off before the hens
and chickens, and because they can
crow and fight they try to put on
airs over the geese and the ducks
Ihey know what think of them how
ever. I've given many Of them a good
drubbing, and they quit strutting
around me years ago. It was about
three years ago we had a rooster here
who was a beauty. He was black as
night, and his feathers shone like
silk, and If it hadn't been for his
foolish ways the whole farm would
nave been proud of him. Because he
was big and handsome he thought
himself the smartest rooster lin the
whole state. The other ROSTERS ran
from him, and the hens all bowed
down, and the chickens held their
breath as they passed by. One day I
heard this rooster boasting to the
hens that he had heard of a fox being
in the neighborhood, and that he was
going to hunt him up and drive him
away. This, was dreadfully foolish
talk, and I,ealled the rooster. aside and
said: h. u = =; -.-~t-.
my friend, you should not talk
such nonsense to the hens. No rooster
ever hatched is a match for a fox.,'
"Do you mean that / can not make
the fox run for his life?, he asked.
"Of course you can't. A fox would
kill you in a minute. Even the big.
&est gander is afraid of fox 2 ..
That's because you are geese ant
can't crow. My dear old gander, dom
worry about me. / can not only take
care Of myself, but Of all the ducks
geese and hens besides. Just waddlt
back to your pond and mini You
own business.
had no more to say. knew wha
would happen il a fox and the rooster
met. but my words OF advice had no
been needed. That very afternoon
after growing as loud as he could 70:
ten minutes and strutting up AMI
down in his pride. the rooster set of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
Paris is "Prig."

The Parisiennes have new English
word. They think it more piquant
than either "firt" Or "higif'' or SO
o'clock or 'sportsmen." This time it
is "prig."'~ A bonnet is prig, bow OF
ribbon is prig; it is prig to go motor
earring dressed in white. leather
packets which can be cleaned with
pipe clay, etc. An American woman
hearing the proud reiteration OF this
upside-down expression among her
French friends, threw cold water on
the enthusiasts by explaining what the
new word meant OF course, it was
dropped at once and replaced by an
other -vingtieme- seems to
comprehend and express all the pos
sible records, the various perversities
and modern nervous complaints. One
is vingtieme, and that means every
thing! f@ r *- ~ = 5:z$
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
NATIONS LIBRARIES
There Are Now 1888 Such Institutions,
with 44,59l,S5l Volumes

s.: The report of the United States Blu
reau Of Education shows that's there
has been in the last five years, an in
crease of !, S57 in the number Of pub
lie, society and school libraries in the
United States There: are now. $3.50
such libraries as against 4,026 in
1896, and 1851, 851 volumes, as against
3,O5I 1872 -- an increase of nearly 25 per
cent. IN the number of books. a.. Il.
The North Atlantic division has
2,4s7 Of the $3.50 libraries, and l.
900, 900 more than half the number of
volumes in the United States. New
York alone has us libraries with =
496, 500 volumes: Massac husetts, 571 Ii
braries, with 6,633, 285 volumes and
Pennsylvania, 4O1 libraries. with 81
947 ST. volumes. The North Central
division has 1,728 libraries, with H.
I'll. 10 volumes; Ohio, 26s libraries,
with 2O55, $50 volumes, and Michigan
1913 libraries, with. 1,29s, 7OS. volumes. 9
Sc The South Atlantic division has
s42I libraries, with 5,3O3,237 volumes.
Maryland has SO of these libraries,
with 1T, 253 volumes. and the Dis
trict OF Columbia "a, with .2,504,78 vol
3umes, 1000 600 of these being in the
Library Of Congress. The South Cen
tral division has 374 libraries, with
q 1867 volumes. Kentucky has 76
Libraries, with 125, 729 volumes, and
Tennessee Z libraries, with 382,221
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
Music From the Electric Arc,

a London electrician, Mr. w. Dud-
dell, recently exhibited a iovel musical
instrument, composed of a series Of
electric arc lights, which played a pop
ular air. When the current is pass.
ing through solid carbohs they give
off a musical sound and by placing a
shunt across the carbohs, connected
with a keyboard, Mr.. Dusdell was able
to vary the sounds through the scale
of two octaves. The kekboard served
to vary the 5self-ind uctioI and capacity
in the shunt circuit, andIby employing
four ares the Intensity bf the sounds
was made sufficiently gIeat.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26

for the back field to find the fox. The
hens tapped their wings and chucked
to encourage him, and some Of the
geese and ducks said he was brave
fowl and ought TO wear silver spurs.
4 You wait BIZ, 2 said / to them.
"A rooster who sets out to hunt a fox
may be very brave or very much Of an
idiot. If he ever comes back he'll
know a fox from hollyhock all the
rest of his days. z q s{5
5 They said Twas a. ealols old gan
der and ought to be ashamed of my my
self. but went swimming over to the the,
other side Of the pond and let them
talk. When snndoWn came ana We
went to roost and the rooster had not 81
come back, the hens began TO look
very sober. His crow did not sound
at daybreak next morning as usual
and soon after breakfast the farmer
started out to hunt for him. 4 &c was
almost noon when he returned, and in
MS hand he had three Or four black
tail feathers belonging to our missing
friend. AS the wife came out the hus-:
Dand showed her the feathers and
said: ~ s:% ST, T..
!: +, Mary, here's all that's left of our
big black rooster y r. III. = :. .....s
what has happened to him?'' she
asked. -. .@s.&.,.* !
why, ne went off to the back field
oy himself yesterday,>an a fox must
nave got hold Of him, and eaten him
up. lie was a fne-looking fowl, but
n ne didn't know half as much as a,
goose. indianapolis News. T. ~. :. ):
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
Garlic in Olive Oil.

I BY putting a Glove OF. garlic in the
bottle of olive oil when it comes from
the grocer, palatable tlavpr is impart-
ed. It should only remain about twen-
ty-four hours, which will lbe sufficient
time to do it's work.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
Peaches Of Ozark Region,

Seventy five million peaches. One
peach for every man, woman and child
IN the United States. This is the con-
tribution which the Ozark fruit belt,
centering in Howell and Oregon cossn-
ties, has made to the world peach
crop Ia 100 st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
A Gold Heat,

During ring :iHarold's first day. at the kin
dergarten the room became cool, and
the teacher sent him to find out
whether l any heat was coming in at
the register. Yes, teacher said Har-
old, as he spread his tiny hands to the
draft, there's lots of heat coming in,
but it's all cold.'' III.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
Wanted 4 Morning Arrival.

A little girl heard some one speak
ing Of dying one day, and. said: Well,
4 hope when die 4 will go to heaven
IN the mornin 9, SO / will have time
to look around before nj ht. = @
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
Won the Bet.

wv here's Ter your. brother this morn
ing. james,? asked the teacher.
He's at home in bed. 49,
w hats the trouble %
We made a bet about who could
eat the most green apples, and + lost .,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26

Is there anything better in state
than that both man aid woman be.
rendered the very best? There is not.
plato
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26

and Proud, Who Matched Himself
with a Fox His Scattered Tall
feathers Found by the Farmer. W.
IN OUR LANE. 5.s'5z y.%
There's a little gray bird IN the apple
tree, s;.s. -. IS - -: -.:2: 81 b.
And every day .., Y. ss. 55:1 s. q
When. / go to play /. .a ss.
stand for a minute to hear him
sing, e.
And | peek for the nest where the
apples cling s,5 II 81
And look for his home that he's hid
from me, >.a, 81
Where the big, red apples cling. :
And early, early, when daylight comes,
/ watch the sun ,,
,Flecks, one by one. s.
lie for a moment and think how
sweet -,
1t is to live in this little street,
With a pretty bird to feed with
crumbs, .- 49,: - r.
And a boy next door, and things to
eat
Once mother said "Who loves you
true?'' -
I didn't say Ill.,
Just right away,
But stood for a minute, then said:
"Oh, yes.
The cunning little gray bird, I
guess!'' ,...
But don't think mother meant that;
do you?