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Evening star., 1901-05-18
EXHIBIT Of High School Work.

The teachers of the Business High School
will give an exhibition of high school work
at the Business High School building We'd
nesday evening, May %, from to 10
o'clock to which the business men of the
CITY are cordially invited. The evening of
Thursday, May %, from 2 to o'clock, the
exhibition will be open to parents of pupils
and friends of the school generally.
Evening star., 1901-05-18

information on many topics. easily ap-
preached and very obliging to those who
sought her on business Seemingly blessed
with perfect health, she thoroughly en-
joyed everything that was offered in the
way of diversion. and has been rarely alb
sent from any of the official events at the
White House, where. standing near the
wife of the President. she gracefully ac-
knOwledged the salutationS of the passing
throns. She was also frequently the guest
of the President and his wife at the nu-
merous informal gatherings for the past
four years, responding TO their invitations
at all times.
Secretary and Mrs Gage the three
past summers made headquarters at the
Chevy Chase residence of Representative
Newlands. Only lately they took pos
session of No. 1107 Massachusetts ave
nue., which was the residence of
former Attorney General GriSgs. and al
most adjoinS the house where the Cages
lived the past four winters Mrs. Cages
Wednesday receptions during the winter
were among the most pleasant to the cas-
ual visitor in the whole official round. The
day was informally observed by her at
home throughout her entire stay in town,
that official and private residents of the
capital had opportunity to become well ac-
Quainted, and to the better admire char
home and so strong and well poised in the
wider circle outside.
To BE Buried i'm Chicago.
Brief funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. Gage will be held at the Secretary's
residence, 110T Massachusetts avenue. Mon
day morning. at O'Clock. DR. y. D. Hill
lis, pastor Of Plymouth Church. Brooklyn,
formerly Of the Central Church, Chicago,
personal friend of the family, will Off
ciate
The Secretary and his daughter Mrs.
Pierce. Will leave with the remains on the
Pennsylvania limited. at 1880 am. for
Evanston. III, the former home of the
Secretary and Mrs Gage. Mrs Gage will
be buried in the family lot at Rose Hill
cemetery. Chicago.
The officers of the Treasury Department
will act as pallbearers. the following hav-
ing been selected: Assistant Secretaries
Spaulding. Taylor and Allies. the treasurer
OF the United States. Mr.. Roberts; the
commissioner of internal revenue Mr.
Gerkes; the director of the mint. Mr.
Roberts. and the chief of the secret SER
vice. Mr. Wilkie. Colonel Bingham of the
War Department will also act as one of
the pallbearers, representing the President
The Presidents Telegram.
Secretary Gage has received a very
| large number of kilograms and messages
of coincidence from all sections of the
| country. The President at San Francisco
| teleSraphed as follows:
Your message brings MS ineXpressi BILE
sorrow. You have our deep sympathy in
this great affiictiOn.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
A%SbA@Sk1k%
! DO YOU PLAY PING PONG?

53 Do you ping pong? It's the latest
game. While Bridge is the pastime
par excellence for brainy folk, ping
pong is the one for those who like
an indoor recreation to remind them
Of their favorite outdoor game, lawn
tennis. Bridge apes whist, and by de-
voices is said to be ousting that an
Gent and honored exercisesof the wits
altogether. Ping-pong apes lawn ten
mis- and seems to be trying to rival it
in popularity, says the Philadelphia
Times Ss#
That is one point of likeness be-
tween the issue Of the games; but
there are many differences. Ping-pong
Is as innocent an excitement as eat
ing cake, while the other invites the
measure of gambling that appeals to
the majority Of card players. Again,
while bridge is so difficult to those not
gifted with the type Of intellect that
takes to whist and chess and such alb
struse diversions, that they must pay
large sums to professors Of bridge
i ~ Oe ftduSAt# II, piHS-poHS requires
merely modicum Of practice to Sc
cure its disciples efficiency. AS for its
rules, they can be committed to. mem
Dry. !. ;f;.. s*. a.
s. IS Hence the two games appeal to two
very opposite factions in society,
i though there are in bridge coteries
many bunglers whom those who play
well would fam hand over to the ping
pong nlaYers =. -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
Electric Hair-C-urler.


Novelty and cticability. seem to be
combined in the electric hair-curler,
which we show below, for which pat
ent has just been granted. Instead Of
requiring connection with an electric
light system, as is the case with most
electric curriers', it generates its own
current while in use and applies it di-
rect rec to the heating iron without the
aid Of wires, switches, etc. The main
advantage of the implement is that it
can be packed in d travelling outfit
and used without the aid Of a lamp
or other means Of heating the iron,
and as no SCOT is formed on the curler
It also does away with the danger Of
soiling the clothes with which it
comes IN contact Ii packing IN the
traYeaing case, The curIer consists OF
the fricdona1 electric generator, as IL
4 luustra s, and q series OF thin copper
sleeves, similar to the one shown at
she top Of the curIer, each sleeve be-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
READING FOR BOYS.
Taste for Literature Should Be- Guided
Rather than Forced.

Taste for Literature Should Be- Guided
Rather than Forced.
But the child yearns for reality, and
the day comes when he wishes to see
his heroes in the flesh, says Professor
Morse in Harper's Bazaar. That is the
day when he will put the romance or
the poem into his off hours, and take
up history, biography, travels or sci
ence. Guide him gently now. Do not
push him or expect aim to push far
at first If his transition is through
some historical romance, some roman
tic poem; let it be so. He will present.
ly ask for a closer sitting, and his
tory, like Parkman's, of a romantic
period, or book of travels in mar
,velous lands will lead him hopefully.
His hunger for facts is likely to grow,
and with an increasing desire to elimi-
nate the non-fact. But do not choke
him with facts, nor let him choke him
self. It you know how, make all that
he does intelligent with discussion.
Induce him to go over in mind, at
least, a second time, even a fimsy
narrative, and get daylight upon it,
Do not crowd him, however, with de-
tails. Leave that to the schoolmaster.
if it must be done. One or two large
topics are enough-just to set him
thinking. Under such reading, gently
stimulated, never pushed, you will soon
learn whether the boys mind has a de-
cided bent-whether he is to be nat
uralist, scientist, an engineer, a his
torian, poet or what not. Do not be
surprised if he gloWs when Fitzsim-
mons, the pugilist, is named. For
childhood has all the distempers. Like
measles, you can drive them in, or
let them have their brief outing and
escape. One distemper you may feed
until it has burned itself out. Another
you would best starve A third, let
die. aChildren pull through many at
tacks of the Fitzsimmons sort, and the
blood rights itself again.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
Every Fu,n a Blank.

A Philadelphia girl who has just re
turned from a two years tour abroad
is having great many jokes cracked
at her expense by reason of her ex-
periences in the field of amateur pho
Biography. She took with her a camera,
one of, the tripod variety, and 1000
films. Ali during her travels the cam
era was her constant companion, and
in order to keep tabs on her pictures
she jotted down in a note book just
what each one was. This little book
contained such subjects as Feeding
Crocodiles in the Ganges," Sunrise on
the Nile "a Street in Jerusale m,'' and
others of an equally interesting nature.
Almost the first thing she did when
she reached home was to send her
thousand films to a professional pho
tographer to have them developed.
The next day she received a message
from him asking her to call and
learned that her labor of two years had
been wasted. Never once had she re-
moved the cap from the camera, and
every film was Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
Holland Bui1t the First Ironclad.

~ The first ironclad, according to rec
ords recently discovered, was not the
Merrimac, but ship built early in the
sixteenth century, when. the Dutch
were fighting for their independence
with Spain. The burghers of Antwerp
built this first ironclad, which was pro-
:tected by heavy iron plates nailed tn
it's sides" On the mastsa were roonay
platforms for sharpshooters. With
this terrible vessel the burghers hoped
to break the blockade-hoped it SO
confidently that they called the ship
the Fins Belli, ssthe end of the war. p
But it proved unmanageable, and
and shortly after being launched ran
aground on a sand bar and was then
called the Perditae Expensae, which
means thrown away money" Soon
after than the Spaniards won a de-
cisive victory, dragged off the mari
time monster and renamed it the
Finis Belli, for the war was then, in
deed, ended.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
ODD STREET PIANOS.
Provided with Drum, Tambourine, and
Other Harmonic Attachments

Provided with Drum, Tambuurine, and
Other Harmonic Attachments.
In street pianos progress comes like
the seventh wave-after years of same
ness some adventurous spirit intro
duces an innovation which catches the
popular fancy and spreads gradually
among the less original members of
the guild. Recently there have been a
few advances in the business, sufficient
to give the children new delights and
fill the pockets of the owners of the
up-to-date machines. One piano has a
drum and tambourine attachment,
While yet another requires no turning
at all, evolving it's tunes of it's own
sweet will. Only within the last few
months have these been in the streets
of New York, and both of them, but
especially the latter, attract attention
from the public and respectful admira-
ton from the profession. These new
instruments come from abroad, Lon
don in particular. Dealers on this side
OF the water declare that there is no
ASohoAA WY tACy ououIO AOC UC iuduC
here, except that there is little call
for them, and "handwork is DEAR
comparatively. They differ little in
mechanism from the ordinary street
piano. The loud sounding, drum beat
ing one is merely provided with extra
attachments like merry-go-round or
gan, while the automatic piano is made
like small orchestrion. Both use the
ordinary cylinders. In spite of the
financial success of the new instru-
ments they are not likely to become
general for some time. It takes a
speculative spirit to forsake the solid,
old-fashioned pianos for delicate,
high-priced instrument which will have
to be repaired with discouraging fire.
quency. A street pianos life is a hard
one. The jolting of the pavement, the
extremes of weather, and all the vicis-
STUDIES of it's existence easily throw
delicate machinery out of gear. The
fact, too, that the new pianos are not
rented, like the old ones, but must be
paid for in hard-earned cash, is against
their increase. They cost about $3.50
Chicago Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01

l Iso IIS I'VE MEANS fOfL .fOlSOIN
<= r.. CONTAINERS.
numerous and the field is open for i'm
provement on past inventions for this
purpose. One of the chief causes of
the giving of wrong kinds of medicine
has been the picking up of the wrong
bottle from a number in a medicine
cabinet and pouring out dose of the
fatal mixture without looking careful
~. at the label. To call attention to
the fact that the bottle contains poi
son would be effectually accomplished
with the cork shown in the illustra-
ton, as it would be impossible to get
at the medicine without withdrawing
the cork, and if this were attempted in
a careless manner the injury to the
thumb and finger, while comparative
" slight, would surely accomplish the
purpose intended. There are two ways
OF making this device--one by filing
an ordinary cork with short barbed
points and the other by attaching to
Its surface strip of wire netting, from
which the prongs project. One Of the
best recommendation for the device is
that little child will not be liable to
extract a cork il covered with these
barbs, as the injury to the tender fin
gers would soon cause it to desist in
its efforts. U.s.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
THE cINQUE PORTs.
Blood of Hardy Mariners RemalRg Ii

Blood OF Hardy Mariners RemaIRg In
Channel Fishermen.
How many Of us can name offhand
the five ports to which the destiniss
charter of Edward I, these five hamlets
IN Kent and Sussex which had eonsti-
tuted themselves the defenders of tha
sea at its narroWest point within sight
of a hostile shore? Walmer castle, We
know, is the residence of the lord
warden, and Deal, with it's castles and
towers, is promptly set down by nine
readers out of ten as one of the ports
which, of course, it is not. Sandwich
Eythe, Dover, Romney and Hastings
were the quintet which in Anglo-saxon
tii1es linked themselves together to re.
pei the invader. And a turbulent time
they had of it. Never a winter night
but those good folks must lie abe6
with the thought of the trumpet's
call that might at any moment sum.
mon them on to the black face Of the
channel to hurl back the invader from
their shores. Sieges and sacking they
had in plenty, and heavy were tbs
payments exacted. Thus, in 1897, the
Frenchmen, driven from Sandwich, de.
scended upon Rye with thirty-fvs
ships and thirty-two galleys and de.
Vastated the little town set upon thai
hill, from which the tide has gone out
never to return. The Cirque Ports
squadron was quickly manned, thu
clumsy sails caught fair wind, anc
in a trice Master Frenchman was scud.
ding home with the Sussex: boys Gloss
at his heels. Into the harbor Of Bou.
logne they followed the foe, set fire te
the town and polished off the job by
hanging twelve captains Of the offend
ing fleet. These were not the days OF
Hague conferences and peace commit.
tees, and blow begot a blow. This
tale is not spoiled by remembering
that ten years later the Frenchmer
crept on to the coast one night, and
lighting their torches on the beach
managed to burn down ffty-two houses
in Rye and ninety-four houses in Win,
chelsea. Life in one of these ports
was an exhilarating experience, and
even to-day some of the bone and blood
| of those hardy mariners remains il
| those channel fishermen who are ready
| in any gale that blows to face the
Goodwin sands in cockshell of life
boat.-The Pail Mall Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01

What, then, is ping-pong? It has
another name, and that is gossima, and
gOssima gives clue to its identity.
Translate the word into gossamer, and
you have the net that is stretched
across the table at height varying
from eight to six inches. Instead Of
tennis rackets you have battledores,
and for balls small things made Of
white celluloid, wherefore it is we'll to
learn speedily to aim straight over the
net and not at the fire. But the balls
are quite cheap item, and, indeed
the whole game can be purchased now
at prices varying from Is cents to S.,
though the cheapest regulation
game on the market is about $3.50.
It is surmised that an epidemic Of
ping-pong is imminent.
Ping-pongers play in tWos, one at
one end of the table, the other at the
other The server is the man, who first
delivers the ball. and the striker-out
is the other. At the end of the first
game the parties change, the. striker
out becomes the server and the server
the striker out The player who tots
UP six games to his credit first wins
the. set. " 49, . 5z&F.~ go
The game can be extended to take
in several more players, Just as baga-
telle can, and battledores can be passed
from one player to another. Then, to
make it a more scientific form Of
amusement for the dining room table,
which is usually converted into the
lawn, there can be substituted a board
surface, painted black, with a narrow
white boundary line. at the edge. Z
Ping pong clubs and ping pong
matches are springing up all over the
country, and ping-pong tea parties are
rivaling play-teas among the fair sex.
Women find the task Ii of batting an
elastically nimble little ball across a
net much more entertaining than the
process of racking their brains to dis
cover what enigmatical labels Of the
most cryptic forms, signifying the
titles of theatrical plays, can possibly
mean. Imagine the brain flag neces-.
sary to translate round o on card
pinned to a Woman's bolero into s.The
Second in Command! =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01

what could do in the way of lion
hunting. We had not gone far Wher
we espied a superb beast with a glo.
rious name. fired and he ran further
into the scrub. / felt sure / ha6
woudned him, and went to look for
him hi q After beating about some time il
the jungle, came to small clearing
and saw fifty yards off the lion facing
me, and flashing his side with his tail
! ! q dropped on one knee, aimed at the
head, and fired. The brute, roaring
aWfully, bounded forward toward us
and my tirailleur ran off into the
scrub. / fired again and hit the lion
but without killing him, and in a mo-
ment we were face to face. l was
then knocked over and felt my srigh1
leg crinkle as if squeezed in a. wise.
vainly tried to seize the brute by tbs
throat, but was too firmly held down
The feeling that was lost came home
to me with terrible force. Suddenly
felt the grip on me relax, and, wha
seemed to me miraculous, the lio1
moved off a few feet and stood looking
IN the direction to which my man hat
fled. If he thinks me dead I; thought
perhaps I may be saved While HI
stood I was able to get hold of m.
rife, and rapidly aimed and fired jus
as he was turning round to finish me
He fell dead. My leg was in fearfu
state, and SO were chest and shoulder
but no bone was broken and no mail
artery cut. This is the twentieth da.
after the accident and I am still il
hospital
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
ARIZONA KICKLETs.

4 Onff esteemed contemporary, who
managed to get out half sheet last
week, tried to hit us by saying, that
We were personally ignored by society
in Giveadam Gulch. Ye gods, but that
is funny! We head society. We are
society. We are the only man in the
Gulch with a white shirt and link
sleeve buttons, and they couldn't run
a candy pull here without our pres
ence and pointers. Go back to Indi-
ana, old man; go back to your turnip
slicer and apple evaporator!
It looked for a minute the other day
as if we should be obliged to deposit
our fourteenth man in our private edi-
torial graveyard. John Shayne, the
shyster lawyer, pulled a gun on us on
Apache avenue, but the cartridge failed
to explode, and before he could try an
other we had the drop on him, and
he was down on his knees begging us
not to send his unprepared soul over
the divide. For second his life hung
in the balance, and then we let him
crawl away. He says it was all a
Joke, but we don't believe he feels
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
she saw Fer Husband.

A number of returned officers from
South Africa recently attended an ex-
shibition of moving pictures in London,
when in one of the South African
scenes they recognized an officer
friend The wife Of the officer, on be-
ing told Of this, wrote to the manager
and asked that this picture might be
put on on a.certain evening, when she
would purposely journey from GIas-
gov. She had not seen her husband
for over a year, but at last observed
him In a group on the screen Of 4
#einematograDh.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
THE HOSTESS FUNNY STORY.


From the Milwaukee Sentinel: They
were seated about the dinner table in
a fashionable West Side boarding
house yesterday, enjoying the extra
frills of the Sunday meal, which had
appealed to the inner consciousness
of the entire. household and made
them satisfied with the landlady and
the world in general. The men folk
told stories and the women laughed,
and the women told stories and the
men folk laughed. Then the mistress
told story .
"A very dignifed young man took
a seat in a smoking car. Near him
were three travelling statesmen, well
dressed, jolly fellows, one of whom
suggested a game of cards, and the
others agreed. They appealed to the
young fellow to take part and make
up a four-handed game.
Thank, you, never play cards.
came the response to the invitation.
81 am sorry for that Will you
have a cigar with us?' added the
spokesman, producing his case. So
ct am obliged to you, but T never
smoke, replied the dignified young
man. ~: t.
s'They thought they would jolly the
young fellow out of dignity, 80 the
leader produced travelling compan-
ion,' and asked: S .. - IT
AS YOU do not play cards nor
smoke, you will not refuse to join us
in drink?'
81 thank you, gentlemen, but 7
never drink 49,
with this a venerable man with
ministerial aspect sitting in the seat
behind the young man, reached for
ward and tapped him on the shoulder
ct have heard what you have said
to these men, said the sedate old fell
low, and admire you for the stability
of character which has enabled you to
shun bad habits. ! have daughter
in the parlor car, whom should like
to have you meet l..
I thank you, SIR replied the young
| man, turning about and facing the
gentleman, but the fact is / never in
tend to marry - - ~ -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
CAREFUL OF HIS CASH.

An old farmer in lBruichladdich,
.Islay, N. B., once went to have a trou-
blesome tooth extracted
Said the dentist, after looking at the
offending molar. 1T is a very ugly
one. I would advise you to have it
out by the painless system. It is only
a shilling extra ~
He showed the farmer the apparatus
for administering gas, remarking that
it would cause him to fall asleep for
minute, and before he awoke the
tooth would be out. After slight re-
sistance the sufferer consented, pro-
ceeding to open his purse.
Oh, never mind paying just now"
said the dentist, kindly. ,,s5-. =
'Hoots!' answered the cautius old
Scot. II wasn't thinking O. that; but
If I'm gaen ia sleep I thought wad
like to count ma siller fust. London
+ Tit-Bits. .1 ~. +
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
Lawn Tennis Revived.

The revival OF interest in lawn ten
mis- which was noticeable last summer
after half a dozen seasons of partial
neglect bids fair to take on new life
this coming summer, Judging from the
extensive prepare tons that the clubs
IN this city are making. York
+ Sun. ss.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
! HAD DONE HIS BEST.

Your constituents are getting an
noyed with you,'' said the faithful adj
wiser. .zs* ss -
For what reason?" inquired SEN
ator Sorghum. =i<sss, T. e z.
: 'ssThey say you haven't done a thing
to discourage the trusts that are be-
coming so rich and arrogant
You go back and tell my constitu-
ents they wrong me. Tell them that
whenever 4 have come in contact with
a trust have done all in my power to
take some Of its money away from it."
Washington Star. 3
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-01
Effective Poison Indicator.

The necessity for some sure indi-
Gator when the contents of bottle are
OF poisonous nature has already in
duced numerous inventors to devote
their. thoughts to providing a device
Of this kind, but still the accidents are