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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
Ma rsl1al1 Who Has
Killed Many
Bad Men.

The second one was also laid there,
And so 1t went until the carcasses of
twenty eight bad men who had met
death at the hands OF Bruner while.
he was acting in the line Of duty were
buried in that grove. "A rail fence was
run around the graves and the ceme-
terry was named Burners graveyard.
Only one grave in the yard is marked
with marble stone. That is the grave
OF noted horse thief. His pals chip
ped in and bought the tombstone be-
cause. he was a good fellow All
the rest OF the graves are marked with
wooden slabs. Many of them are in
closed with slab fences, while others
are inclosed with rails laid in hog
pen fashion. : After Bruner got his
graveyard pretty we'll filed up the des-
peradoes began to realize that he
meant business, and whenever one
would hear that Bruner wanted him
he would come into town and give
himself up rather than run the risk Of
being the next one to occupy space in
Burners graveyard. From that time
on Bruner had an easy time. He had
accomplished his object. He hadsdef
en- the entering wedge in the ,efvfli-c
cation Of the toughest country the sun
ever shone on.-Kansas City Journal
He Could AbbreYiate.
An amusing story illustrating Brit
ish oficialism comes from South At
RIGA, and will bear repeating. The col
onel of a pioneer regiment, repairing
the railroad after one of Gen. DeWet's
many breakages, discovered a fine
empty house, which he proceeded to
occupy as headquarters. When the
news of the colonel's comfortable quar-
telegram which read: &c. T. NJ.
wants house." The colonel was unable
to make out what &C. T. NJ" meant,
and inquired of officers, who translated
it General Traffic Manager" All
right said the colonel. IF he can
use hieroglyphics so can t. So he
wired back: &C. T. NJ. and C. T. H"
Two days later he received a dispatch
from Bloemfontein ordering him to at
tend a board of inquiry. On appear
ing in due course he was asked what
he meant by sending such an insult
ing message to a superior officer. en-
sulting,' repeated the colonel, inno-
Gently: 'it was nothing of the kind"
'But what do you mean" demanded
mis- superior, .''by telling me can C.
T. HIP 1T was simply an abbrevia-
tion,' replied the colonel &c. T. M
general traffic manager) can G. T. H.
(get the house," New York Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
HIS HORSE Was ALL R1eH an

his HORSE WAS ALL RIGHT ->
The colored man was driving
limpy old, horse along the street in
front OF junk wagon when a pedes-
trian halted him to ask:
What on earth ails that horse of
yours?' 81. =. =.z -.
dat boss? Why, sab, what's de
mattah wild dat hoss?'' was asked in
reply.
That's what want to know. Look
at his hair 81. ~ - ia s."
Yes, sab; he's sheddin' his coat,
you know" # :
But he's full Of limps.'' - I
Yes, sab; but let me tell you sun
thin. Dat boss gwine to shed all his
limps along wild his hair if he keeps
on :. ss.rs d..
Il never heard of such a thing" pro-
tested the pedestrian.
z Same wild me; but he's gwine to do
it. He hain't bin sheddin' but a week
yit, and he's got shet of poll evil, blind
staggers, stiff knee, a bad eye and
about fourteen other ailments. Whoa,
dar, Caesar; hole yo'r head UP and bite
on de bit and prance around! Yes. sab.
yo' kin see it in him. Just yo' wait
about seven mo- days, and if dat boss
doan' run away and bust de wagon
and kill two men I'll go outer de biz
ness and let bosses alone.'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
FASHIONS DICTION..

The word charming" as applied to
men, women, music, books and wealth
er, has gone out with the century.
Like the black velvet bows for the
hair and the pulley belts, it became
common. and therefore has been
dropped from the vocabulary Of So
ciety small talk. Attractive is the
smart word now-if it happens to be
appropriate. If not, there is choice
of expressions, the simpler the better,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer. In
fact, society seems to be striving after
simplicity in speech. It no longer says
yacht" instead we hear the simpler
word boat; playhouse where we form
erly heard theater, and so on ad in
finitum. By these earmarls ones So
cial status is easily recognized.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
THE EMPIRE SANDAL.

The Parisienne is always highly crit
ical about the dressing of her feet,
and with the vogue Of empire fashions,
the little empire sandals have been
worn in Paris during the winter with
empire en- gowns for both evening aud
day wear They are adorable things
that no coquette with a foot Of 5any
prettiness, certainly no Partisan belle;
can afford to miss. n % one knows bet
ter than Parisienne the 1.-THE and
s j a1 z ously gliding walk that may be
achieved from heelless slipper. j he
concert hall singers have long been
divided in opinion between d Fat ankle
tie and the highest of Louis XIV.
shoes. Fashion in the French capital
has this past season put her seal Of
approval, at least for occasions, upon
the heelless sandal, which was 80
fetching an accessory Of the toilette at
the beginning Of the nineteenth CEN
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
Grow Careless
Constant Handling
Of Explosives Make
Men Reckless,

was liable to explode the dynamite,
and ordered him sternly to stop and
never to repeat sucn a performance.
The proper method would have been
to have drilled a new hole near by and
exploded the first cartridge with a sec
ond blast He obeyed sullenly ,grumb-
ling to himself, and in less than a.
month afterward was blown up while
doing exactly the same thing. He
lost his left arm at the shoulder, his
left eye and part Of his left ear. He al
SO lost his contempt for dynamite,
and when he finally emerged from the
hospital 1 gave him back his former
job. I never had a more scrupulously
careful employee than he was from
that time on. It seems a brutal thing
to say, but there is nothing that does
an old dynamite hand as much good
as to get blown up once or twice.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25

Il. must lay in a stock Of the little
Japanese hand stoves" remarked a
New York woman, recently. "a pair
OF them, with a box Of ginger, is what
| send to any of my friends sailing for
Europe. I find from my own expert
ence and their testimony that no sim
pie bon voyage gifts more acceptable.
With the two little stoves one can
spend hours in a steamer chair on deck
on day that would otherwise permit
only brief and active airing. In the
travelling outfit, too, after reaching the
other side, these handy little hotboxes
are worth their. weight in gold, says
the Detroit Free Press. One friend,
who by mischance lost hers soon after
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
danger !. },

After a miner has handled dyna-
mite for eight or ten>years without a
serious mishap it is "a good idea to
put him to doing something else about
the works." says one who has had a
great deal Of experience with high ex-
plosiVes. eThe chances are 100 to 1
that his long immunity from accident
has given him such a contempt for
danger that he is an unconscious men
ace to, everybody on the premises. He
will do things that not only imperil his
own life, but the lives of his COM
rades. To give you an illustration,
| once had an old 'gCornishman at
terested and had intrusted him with
a general supervision of all the blast
ing. He had been handling dynamite
for twenty years or more and was just
ly regarded as an expert. During the
entire period he had never had an ac-
cident worth speaking of. land by de-
grees the care and vigilance that were.
responsible for his excellent record had
worn away until he was beginning to
entertain the delusion, common to old
hands, that the danger of the stuff
was much exaggerated
One day T was passing through a
cut where some blasting had been go
ing on and noticed the old Cornish
man hammering drill into what
seemed to be boring in the ground. I
asked him what he was doing and he
told me cody that there was a cart
ridge. in the hole that had failed to
explode and that he was just knock
in out the tamping to reprime it, /
was Mortified, for at every blow he
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25

Weird Tale from the Pacific Coast.
The Chinese residents of North va
kima have many sacks Of rice supposed
to have been poisoned by the officials
and missionaries in China. One mer-
chant has twenty sacks put away, and
refuses to eat any. or sell to the Chi
nese.. Those who claim to know say
that at least $500 is invested in pois-
oned rice in that city. The rice is sold
to Americans, but the Chinese purchase
their supplies from local merchants.
They say that six years after eating
the rice the. victims die. The object
of the poison, it is said, is to kill off all
the Chinese in the United States
Portland Oregonian. !.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
Hardy Explorers
Of Many Countries
Seeking Polar
Centers. y

will be spared to insure the success OF
the undertaking.
An expedition is fitting out in Scot.
land and another in Germany for trips
to the Antarctic regions. With the
knowledge and experience Of the. last
century to aid them, it is probable that
the scientists and explorers who are
Starting in SO early this century viii
come pretty near reaching, if they do.
not not reach, the two fat areas of this old
earth S surface.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
.
8 Is
A sORDID MERCHANT.

g SORDID MERCHANT.
mething you want Il? ~ queried the
grocer, as he went out to the old
man nan who had been standing around
the door for several minutes.
see you have Washtubs,,' was the
reply. S. II i'll.
es, sir; q large assortment. What
size would you like ~
dunno, was jest goin', to ask
you question. Hev you ever come
across a piece of poetry beginnin' Tt
was the schooner Of Hesperus which
sailed the ragin' main q. N
No. sill. & @Ss 5;s. l8..
You'd remember it if you had, /
suppose?'' 5s
Probably I would. / have three
sizes of tubs. The largest is So 49, z sss
Yes, I know; but let's settle this
thing first. She sailed the ragin' main.
There's the first two lines, but to save
my neck can't think OF no more.
Must be more Of course. Yes, them
Washtuibs are all right, but I'm more
interested in the schooner jest now.
Never come across the piece, Ell ~ e s.
NO, sir. Any -four, potatoes 81:
squashes to-day '??' '' .2. S I.
Mebbe so, but let's follow the Hes
perus. She sailed the ragin' main.
Where was she sailin' to? What was
her object? What happened to her as
she sailed? Let's go in and fgger it
OUT ~ y E E
IN not h9rcr 10 -,
schooner Hesperus or any other
schooner said the groceryman as he
turned away. r.
You look like that kind OF man, !"
i exclaimed the poetry hunter as he
backed off. @. rs. y t. .#. T. l..
t'You go on" shouted the grocery
man. p. E.. :, T.
All you think of is tubs and pals
and squashes. I don't believe you
know a line of '.stThe Star Spangled
Banner Y ~.s / : Z. 4...
Didn't tell you to go on? II you
make fuss around here Eli have you
arrested s4.. S>.>@40.
~ "0h, I'll go on growled the old
man as he backed away. ''tBut want
TO say to You that if had your sordid
soul -.
q cit along!" 4. A.. ~ .
4 He moved down in front of the next
store and finished a. NJ Il # Z j.
ii, I'D shred it up with Goldfish and
sell 1t at s cents pound. It was the
schooner Hesperus which sailed Lake
Erie Ger, and when the hurricane came
. On she bumped herself fur shore and
/ LII find some one else to tell me the
rest of il" 49,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
INTRODUCING HIMSELF.

INTRODUCING HIMSELF
In Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
for April is told the amusing story of a
poet who Wanders by accident into
his neighbor's houses He is. unexpect-
eddy confronted by a beautiful woman.
She half smiled when he began.
am an intruder, ma DAM and
stopped with that embarrassed plati-
1 tude. passed your first door by ac-
cident, and your second by impulse. !,
=s THAT doesn Il exp plain why you
stay. {, Il sa4
May 4 stay to explain ~
. hen two have exchanged remarks
that touch the borders Of wit, they
have passed a mental intro duction. To
each the mind Of the other is a posi-
BILE shade and bubbling spring by the
dusty road OF conversation. Noel felt
che occasion. He bowed with side
sweep OF his hat.
Madam, am a writer OF poems, es-
says. STORIES. IL you ask, What do I
write IN poems. essays. stories, I an
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
WITH LARGE ROSETTE.

reaching Europe, wrote back to me
begging that / would forward another
pair to her in Persia, which. was her
objective point. It may be added that
these stoves find a considerable sale
among artists, whose work sometimes
on a chilly day in the open air be-
/. n nun y ), the hands, and civil engineers
handling cold chains find in the same
way their easily dispersed warmth
most grateful.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
EDITORIAL AMENITIES.

EDITORIAL AMENITIES. f."
why is a woman like an umbrella 90
asked the exchange editor. =
because she's made of ribs and at
tached to stick replied the informa-
ton editor. Why is s:.... -
Wrong. Guess again" .r
Because she always has to be shut
up when" - Il
Nav. You fatigue me-" T..
because she stands in the hall
- Nav. It's nothing about standing
in the hail. s5 5.
A woman is like an umbrella he-
cause nobody ever gets the right one.
Why is ~>&f ~. .-lE -.
Ring off That isn't the answer
either'' u r. = : :
It's better one than you have"
Don't you reckon I know whether
it is or not? Whose conundrum is this
yours or mine?' #~s
r Why, she's like an umbrella becausa
it isn't because she fades with age 10
it?' - o..
II lou ought TO De ashamed of your
solf.'' ~. <El. s. '''''s1-
! am. Is it because you have to nut
up when its cloudy and threatening
no, that can't be it. Because she's q
good thing to have in the house. WHY
is" r. B" 80. IT, " = = -
You're not within four counties OF
it. ars@ - - E-.AE *E !.
Because you can't find any pocket
in either. Why is ''.s;s ss: !. Z I'M
No choice. Vote again. &
l. T won't. : woman isn't like an nm
brella. There is not the slightest re-
semblance. q You go on with your work
and let me alone y %
knew il you couldn't guess it.. It's
because she's accustomed to reign. .
Then the information editor rose in
his wrath. and they. were only prevent
ed from doing mischief to each other
by prompt-and wholly unexpected
work ' on the part Of the labor editor i
HOW TO USE A TELEPHONE. r g
IS ak louder Don't yell so.,
Get closer to the instrument Don't
talk SO far aWay-can't hear a word
you say are some of the messages
sent by people who use the telephone
to the person at the other end Of the
line. The words are often accompan-
led with evidences Of i'll will and i'm
patience, at which the telephone oper-
ators smile. s.S
Every time I hear a remark Of that
kind. a said the manager OF a large
exchange, I am confirmed il the be-
lief that. despite its popularity every
body does not know how to use the
telephone ##
One OF the mistakes made by MANY
people who use the telephone is that
they do not place the lips close enough
70 the ins st ~ tent, says the New York
tribune. Some people make this error
because 1s they can't forget the old-style
instrument. In order to obtain tha
best results with tilt. was necessary to
Keep the lips a few inches from tha
box and to- speak across the opening
and not into it. Get further away
from the phone +. was the cry when the
old-style instrument was il use, and
some Old subscribers have this ..dis-
tan at. habit, as the telephone people
call it, and they are usual IL told hy
the one at the other end to a TX loud
err,
II We're to lay down rule or
spea king on the telephone should
say: Keep the chin well raised and
speak with large amount Of air in
the chest, articulate slowly and dis
tinctly and use the lips that is, place
the voice ID the front Sc the noun {"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
IA German Fashion EXHIBIT.

q Germany will endeaVor to be its own
mold of form and glass of fashion,
Berlin will soon see fashion exhibit
by which It is hoped that special
fashions for German women will be
established. The managing commit
tee will include members Of the high
est society. 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25

Jury, says the Philadelphia Times.
lhese ne new little slippers, gracing many
a boudoir hearthrug and peeping from
beneath the dragging folds Of empire
dinner II gowns, are built Of panne, Of
satin, Of suede, of softest kid, and they
mould the foot in the prettiest: of sup
PIE lines. After the artifciality Of the
Louis XIV. shoe, which has held it's
fashionable. sway SO long, this foot coy
erlng is singularly bewitching, and
very .ff1latttering,. provided you have a
"ell-s 'l15E foot. It is tied on with a
narrow ribbon, which twists about the
ankle, the ends bowed, or fastened
with tiny jewelled clasp. f..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25

sWer, My perception Of things sIf you
ask in what form would cast my pres
ent perception Of things, say, With
out doubt a poem. Z z #sts
gu arc able to carry both sides
Of conversation. / have not asked any
of these III MI
You ask why / stay, / am explain
ing. =
The lady's attitude relaxed its stiff
ness by a shade, her half smile became.
a degree more balmy. u 1
4 think you must be "a successful
writer s4
on touch the point he said, slow
ly..#l am not { am hungry and prob
IDLY honseless. And worse than that,
4 find hunger and houselessness are
sordid, tame. The taste Of them In
the mouth is flat, like stale beer. It
is not like the bitter tang Of a new ex-
perience, but like something the world
shows its WEAKNESS of in me- y
The amused smile vanished in large
eyed surprise, and something more
than surprise, as if his words gave.
cher some intimate, personal informa-
ton. 4 I z.3s ISL I! E.#s " .sa 1T
You say strange things in a strange
way. And you came in by an acct
dent?'' sae &. ,# n
And an impulse. . III
II don't understand. But you must
sit down, and I can find you more to
eat, if this isn't enough d.
I .rfEt} FREE Es1R ATT 'r- 50 H.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25

,
a pear-shaped stone, preferably: dia-
mffond. the setting almost invisible, the
clrclet very thin. If a colored stone
IS CHOSEN instead of a diamond, the
accommodating jeweler will surround
1t with the tiniest of diamonds, maxi
ing brilliant line Of white fire, but
the individual stones so small as to
have the effect rather than the appear
aal nce OF gems, says the New York Com
mlercal Advertiser. "A row Of five dia-
mlrlot'nds, encircled with tiny rubies, is
also "a favorite engagement ring.
tubes mean felicity in love- and dia-
mlonds-or at least to own them
signify good luck it: goes without say
ing "a B, 55.45 sS ri rs; # 58s 3
Halibut Outlets. s3 . jf5 4. III.
:@ Two pounds Of haIibut made into
outlets are required for a good dish Of
baked fish. Put the outlets in a baking
dish. #s Mince one small onion and mix
it with two, sliced tomatoes OF with
an equal amount of canned tomatoes.
Add two teasp oonfuls Of butter and
one half teaspo onful Of salt. Cut one
green pepper into shreds, remove all
the seeds and add the pepper to the
other ingredients. Have ready some
sblanched almonds and add them, finely
chopped. Nine or ten Of the almonds
will be sufficient. Cover the fish with
this mixture and let It bake for full
hour Serve with the sauce from the
pan.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25

FAvORITE ENGAGEMENT RING.
According to the smart jewellers, the
avorite engagement ring of the day is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
A RIoN.

General injecting of the stock 1adlers Of
the Arion 10 he held at krton ftsH, f1tcss
day. September 10Th. lsal, at q clock
y m. to elect Board ot Directors, ant
such other business thar may come before
the meeting.
rHEo. RottEk. secretary.
-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01

OF saturday, September T. 1901 at 10
o clock a. m. a the north front door of
the court house the Board OF Commits
sioners OF the County OF Ohio will offer
Tor sale al public auction the folio win K
personal property: The dwelling house
formerly used az toll house and known
az toll house No. 2, located on the Cum
berl9nd road, near the eastern corpora ton
line Of he town of Fulton. together with
the onthous@s used with said building.
The purchaser to remove all OF said prop
erty from said road Within thirty days
from date of purchase.
Al the me time and place the follow >
ing real estate will be offered for sale Mt
public auction: The toll house on Beth
any Pike. inst north of Woodsdaie TO-
gether with the lot OF ground occupied by
said house. with Ill improvements there
on. Said lot being the real estate sold 10
the Board OF Commissioners OF the County
OF Ohio by W. NJ. Hutchesop and wife by
deed da ted February 2f 1891. and recorded
in the ofnce OF the clerk Of the county
court OF Ohio county. West Virginia IA
Deed Hook No. ~ 1T Page ~. In this
sale public right OF Nay viii be reserved
over ali that part Of Bethany pike includ-
ed IN said lot. said right Of ~ay to be free
OF All obstruction. except that actually
caused by the house itself. in its present
location and dimensions.
BOARD or COMMISSIONERS OF THE
COUNTY OF OHIO. ". VA.
r. G. MOFFAT. clerk.
u r. C.pEF.g AtictiooeeY 4 aiizfeEdh