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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19

these beasts OF sepulchre have swum
in and have exposed themselves to the
light of day, not in battalions Or in
hundreds, but in thousands and tens Of
thousands
From Cape la Hague to the Channel
Islands no net can be cast now with
out the sea nightmares crawling into
1t at once to strip it Of fish. The visi-
tation has extended even to the bath
ing resorts along that coast, and every
tide brings contorted forms with arms
writhing as if in deadly agony. In
pools along the coast they lie, some
dying, other full of life and whipping
their sucker-lined, snaky tentacles at
all who approach them
The creatures are the most p1enti-
full in that part Of the English channel
from the Well-named Casket Islands,
that have proved caskets indeed to
ships innumerable, along the curve
that marks the 120-foot depth to the
Channel Islands Among those Chan
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
A Slick Swindler Who
Made His Living ON
That Class.

do not. know any such man. When
the fellow returned he was arrested,
and in his pocket a neatly kept MEM
orandum book was found containing
the names of nearly every clergyman
in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
sPittsburg and Philadelphia. This had
been his route On each page of the
book We're four columns, headed,
Name, date, amount and remarks, 2
and in these were such entries as:
Rev. RI, 81 Got after an hours
work. Rev. No good. Can't
work. ''5's Z Rev. Tt -, $6. An easy
mark" The dates ran back through
three Years. When he. had completed
his tour he would probably either have
sold his book for some one else to use,
or he would have changed his appear
ance, invented a new story and ap-
preached q second time the people who
We're worth it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
: MOTHS AS FOOD.

Philippine Islanders Consider Them q
Rare Delicacys Says Correspondent.
{ Another class of insects which form
a stable article of food in some Of the
islands are the moths found in great
abundance in the mountainous re-
gions of Panay, writes an American
correspondent from Manila These
moths are small insects which hover
around the rocks and live in the crew
ices in immense numbers. They re-
semble the bats somewhat in their
method Of hanging in groups from the
rocks. 1t is an easy matter for the
natives to capture them by the hun
dreds and thousands, and regular moth
hunters go to the mountains at GER
tain seasons of the year. The moths
rarely fly when disturbed, but drop
down into nets or bags spread to
catch them when loosened from their
hold. When captured they are SUBJ
jected to sufficient heat to cause the
soft, glossy tissues of the head and
wings to shrivel up and drop off,
Inese parts of the moth are consid-
cred unsuited to the cultivated Fill
pino palate, and they are always re-
moved before sold in the market. The
intense heat which burns off the wings
and heads also kills the insects, and
dries up a good deal of the natural
juices in them. When taken from the
heated oven the moths are sifted, and
the dried bodies are separated from
the broken pieces Of heads and wings.
The dried moths are used much like
the grasshoppers. They enter into the
composition of a great variety of ma
tive dishes. They are rarely eaten
alone, as are grasshoppers, but are.
mixed with other foods A confection
.i.ss1l1 is made of them, and some natives sim
ply dip them in melted sugar and when
dried eat them as tid-bits. r
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
Dead Sea Fruit.

Dead sea fruit" actually exists, and
not in metaphor only. A recent trav-
eler in the Sahara took a photograph
in the desert within a few miles of the
oasis of =Biskra, and his picture shows
a group of dead sea fruit or "apples
of Sodom, as they are sometimes
called. The fruit grows upon the
ground on a struggling stalk and is
about the size of an orange. golden
colored, with bright green stripes. the
skin being smooth like that of a
melon. It is a strange irony Of nature
that the fruit which is so beautiful
to look at, should be deadly poison.
It is interesting to note that the
camels which Craze upon the aromatic
shrubs discriminate between them and
this fruit of most tempting appear
ance. Detroit Free Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19

mel Islands is sark-the land Of Victor
Hugo's deyilfish, described by him in
s'The Toilers of the Sea- Sark's mar
inc caves, in one of which he laid his
scene Of the famous fight between the
octopus and his hero, now contain, not
one, but herds of the gray things,
"brooding in the abyss
They are not such monsters as he
described. Few. of them are larger in
the body than mans hand, and their
tentacles rarely are more than ten feet
long. Their average weight is from
ten to, twenty pounds. But they are
there in hordes. They have not at
tackled man, except to fight back as
they were attacked. But they have
rendered man helpless and almost
ruined the one mode of livelihood left
to him in those waters. r,.. ~z
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19

factions. Thus in Havana there are
four parties, each with a different
shade of principles and a different
leader. Among Latin races, as I have
studied them in South America, it ap-
pears to be question of leaders more
than of principles. A new man comes
to the front, with an engaging person
ality, proclaims himself leader and
a man of destiny, and the crowd falls
of principles or of issues as brought
to them from the United States is new
to the Cubans, and l believe it will
take them many years to accustom
themselves to it, ~~~s+ 3.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
Afraid of Their Tin.

According to Edward de Neveu, for.
merly of Fond du Lac, Wis, who is
now living in Paris, the notorious tim
idity (which characterizes French CAPT
talists, conjointly with their dislike
to enter new fields, is responsible for
the total neglect Of what may prove
the richest deposits of tin ore discover
ed in many years.
These deposits lie about thirty miles
inland from the French coast in the
department of Morbihan. 1t is be-
lieved that these deposits are con-
tinuation of the famous Cornwall
mines lying almost opposite on the
English coast. $50
Neveu is>attempting to form a com
pany to exploit a concession. He has
already secured limited French sup
port, and now proposes to appeal fol-
further financial aid to New York and
Chicago.-Chicago Journal. -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19

were fixed at 8 and 10 cents, respect
lively. Then, in 1851 the maximum dis
tance for the smaller rate was raised
to 5000 miles; and in 1863 a uniform
rate OF postage for the entire country
!, OF cents was fixed. This lasted for
twenty years-until October 1, 1888
when the rate was put at 2 cents half
ounce. On March 8, 1885, the standard
OF weight for Q cents was increased to
one ounce, making postage cheaper
here than elsewhere in the world. Can
ada and Mexico also receive the benefit
Of this low rate.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
New Public Service.

Springfield, Mass, has been irving
in one district the experiment Of a
weekly house-to-house delivery Of
books from the public library. with
good results. Over one-half of the $50
persons now receiving books in this
way did not formerly make use Of the
city library. There is a charge for the
delivery Of books. One may get six
weeks service for fifty cents, twelve
weeks for 81, or thirty weight weeks
for s.. This pays the book user, since
the street car fare to and from the
library once week amounts to more.
"A dozen persons at the same address
can get books at the expense Of one
delivery.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19

live in woods and copses, where the
shadows are thick and direct sunshine
is a feeting thing. And so we find
that this species has the broad, thin
leaves of a shade plant, leaves with
well-developed stems, but otherwise so
similar to those Of the elm tree as to
give this goldenrod its distinctive
name. But it gives a touch of color
to the somber shades of the woods
that we would not willingly do with
-out.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
slo " man Punished for EaasTnr,;

A mob at Wichita, Kan, wrecked the,
tent of Hi XII, a wild man, because haa
he would do. And a local police judge.
upheld the act, ON the ground that.
when people pay out good money to-
see a man eat raw liver, they have the
ri ght tolsee him eat raw LIVER er know.
The reason why
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
Military Pensions In England.

England is initiating the pension
system in the United States. There is
bill in parliament providing for a
scheme for pensioning the widows and
orphans of soldiers who have died in
is being hastened by the officials of the
war office in order to stimulate enlist
ments in the army, which are now
very slow. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
Elm-LeaYed Goldenrod.

5# It is well known that when a plant
grows IN shady places it is likely to
have a greater leaf area than when it
grows in the open sunshine. It must.
have larger surface to collect the.
light when the latter is comparatively
dim Now, most Of the go1denrods
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
sewer Gas Kt1s Trees.

Experts have come to the conclusion
that what kills so many trees in Lon
don is not SCOT fakes or the want OF air,
or the drought, but the sewer gas,
which attacks the roots, so that the
tree soon vithers and dies.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
United States Postal Laws.

Before 1845 the rates of letter post
age in the United States varied with
the distance. Half an ounce was the
standard. In that year the rates were
fixed at 5 cents for distances not ex-
ceeding 300 miles, and 10 cents for
greater distances In 1886 the rates
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19
MANY Factions in Cuba.

An American officer who has just re-
turned from Cuba says that the po-
litical parties of that island "have the
propensities of all Latin races. That
is, they cannot have two-sided fight,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19

About 10000 letters of local origin
for local delivery are sent to the dead
letter Office from the Chicago postofica
every month.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-19

A woman always has her suspicious
Of man who never lies to her. " p.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-01-04
PRIMITIVE OALIFORN1ANS
A Prehis. oric Rancheria Untouched
by Any Foreign Influence.

A Prehistoric Rancheria Untouched
by Amy Foreign Influence
Aside from the skeletons and the
artificial objects found in Robes
Rancberia, we came across many
food remains which also tell their
story. Bones of deer, elk. raccoon,
bones of salmon and several sorts of
waterfowl, coun tless crabs claws,
mussel, oyster, periwinkle shells in
abundance, grouped specially with
little beds of ashes, told of good
hunting and freside feasts to fol-
low, in which meat was not lacking
to 90 with the rude bread made
from the acorns and seeds ground
in the mortars.
Before concluding our work on the
Robes Rancheria, we paid visit to
Donna Maria Secundini Robes, and
asked her what she knew of this old
heap. She is nearly 80, but re-
members well, and almost seems to
live in, the happy days before the
Gringos came. This was her story:
When she came as a girl to live on
Robes ranch, there were three In
dian rancherias within a mile of her
home, one marked by the mound,
and two others not far from the
present station of Castro; but the
Indians who lived on the mound had
already deserted it, for when the
mission fathers came to Santa
Clara, the allegiance of the Indians
was soon divided: some welcomed
the new life and the new faith, and
learned to pray and to hoe corn, to
string rosaries and to weave tule
sombreros; while others still chose
the winds Of freedom, and
thought that acorns, clans and
fetiches would do very well for
them. Among those who chose to
be wild heather still were the In
dams of Robes Rancheria; so they
left their immemoriaI village site
and Vent of down the San Joaquin
valley to Tulare, and were never
seen again. 80
This story is confirmed by the
fact that in our excavations we
found no trace of any trade with
whites-no glass beads, no bit of
iron; this is noteworthy, since nearly
all the known sites of old rancherias
in California yield European beads
in greater or less plenty. We had.
therefore, by great good luck, been
excavating really prehistoric
rancheria untouched by any foreign
influence. = Mary S.. Barnes, in
Appletons' Popular Science Mon thly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-01-04
AS to Knowing Ones Place.

Humility may save from humilia-
ton. It is better to humble ones
self than to be Inundated. A bent
knee often avoids bumped head.
The dishonest desire to pass for
more than one is worth is a species
OF counterfeiting gold with a baser
metal, which is almost sure to be
detected, and the baser metal dis
honored. Pewter as pewter is re-
spectacle and useful. Unassuming
mediocrity is honorable. 1t plays a
larger part in the worlds activities
than genius. A proper understand
ing and acknowledging of ones own
limitations is not only commendable,
but, IN the long run. is safest. IS
s. Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-01-04
The "Hair-Cut" Cure.

The latest ''cure" suggested fol-
The relief of headache is a hair-cu
A certain physician has me,
with great success lately in his
treatment of persistent cases Of
nervous" headache, and he has
finally disclosed the secret. In each
case, he says, after the patient has
laid bare long tale of woe-oi
sleepless nights and miserable days
he prescribed, briefly, a simple
haircut. 1t is not necessary that
the hair should be cropped off short.
The curative property of the treat
ment is based on the fact that the
tube which is contained in each
single hair is severed in the process,
and the brain ''bleeds," as the bar
bers say, thereby opening a safety
valve for the conges ted Uranium.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-01-04
AN IMMENSE OCTOPUS.
Was Twenty Feet Long-Too Big to
Preserve. <sA

ICSS0fv6s
A letter from Augustine, Fla, lis
published in the American Journal
of Science, which tells of the body
of IAN immense octopus" thrown
ashore some miles south of that city
Nothing but the stump Of the ten
tacles remained, as it had evidently
been dead for some time before be-
ing washed ashore. The body meas
ured 18 feet in length by ten feet in
breadth. It's immense size and con-
dition prevented all attempts at
preservation. Prof. A. E. Verrill
says that the proportions given in
dictate that this may have been a
squid-like form and not an octopus.
The breadth" is evidently that of
the softened and collapsed body, and
would represent an actual maximum
diameter in life of at least seven
feet, and probable weight of four
to five tons for the body and head
These dimensions are decidedly
larger than those of any of the we'll
authen ticated Newfoundland speci-
mems. 1t is perhaps a species of
Architeuthis. Prof Steenstrup re-
corded many years ago species of
this genus "a. dux), taken in 1855
in the West Indian seas, but his ex-
ample was much smaller than the
one here recorded,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-01-04
rheumatism Oatarrh, and Blood Diseases
Cure Free.

Rheumatism Oatarrh, and Blood Diseases
Cure Free.
1t is the deep seated obstinate cases
of Cats rrh OF Rheumatism that b. b.
b. (Botanic Blood Balm} cures. Ii
doctors. sprays, EnimeEfs. medicated
air, blood purifiers have failed b. b b.
drains out the specific poison in the
blood that causes rheumatism or
Catarrh, making a perfect cure. If
you have pains or aches in bones,
joints OF back, swollen glands, tainted
breath, noises in the head. discharges
of mucuous. liberation of the mem
branes, blood thin. get easily tired, q
treatment with B. b. B. will stop every
symptom by MAKING the blood pure
and rich. Druggist 81. Trial treat
ment free by address BLOOD BALM
CO., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble
and free medical advice given.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-01-04
Ma i've Home of Oh oIera.

The marshy ground of the Gauges
delta, with its vast masses of vegeta-
ton, decaying under a tropical sun,
is the native home of the cholera.
In that pestilential region the
cholera and plague are found every
year and all the year round. Every
cholera epidemic which has desolated
Europe. every visitation of the
plague, is believed to have started
from the mouth of the Ganges.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-01-04
ASSAILS M'KINLEY.
Ell President Harrison Attacks Govern
ments Policy.

m6nt OllCy.
The chief points in ex president
Harrison's speech are:
I. The government possesses the
power of acquiring territory by con-
quest or treaty.
2. Neither statue nor treaty can
abrogate the constitution.
3. The theory of the constitution is
that it embraces both the territory and
people.
4. Whatever congress does, it is
strictions of the constitution.
S. The bill of rights of the consti
tuition is assured to the people of the
territories.
6. These principles apply in Porto
Rico and the Philippines in such a sense
that there is no denial.
7. Is it not 10 the nature of an in
suit to raise the fl ig i'll Porto Rico and
have the hopeless people standing at
the foot of the flagstaff to hear the
reading of proclamation saying that
they are not citizens of the United
States.
8. God forbid that the day should
ever come when, In the American
minds, the thought of man as a con-
sumner shall submergethe old Ameri
Of Of
God and endowed with inaliena bic
rights.
In the address referred to Mr.. Har
rison said in part:
1T is said that expansion is the Law
of national life, but expansion may be
dropsical. The conquest of the Dutch
republics has not strengthened Britain.
1t has multiplied disappointed people
| 1t has made revelation to her that
there is need of larger armies and
coast defenses at home. I do not ar.
que against expansion, but the ole
coach may be a safer vehicle for the
| folks than the bicycle.
''For one who has gone out of the
service, but who still loves his country,
l cannot rejoice in the acquisition Of
lands at the cost OF abandonment Of
the old America idea that government
by absolute power is intolerable under
the constitution of the United States.
1t is an impossibility. God forbid that
the day shall ever come to an Ameri.
can mind the thought that. man is a
consumer placed above the thought
that man is a creature of God, endow.
ed with inaIienable rights
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-01-04
New Era for the Telephone

The era of cheap telephone con-
nection is dawning. Verify, in
many towns in which the erstwhile
monopoly is not enfranchised, they
have now very popular rates With
in the next five years, telephone
rates will go lower and lower, and
the consequence will be that not only
systematic inter urban connec tons
will have been established, but
systematic inter-residence and busi-
ness house connections. Telephone
apparatus will then be in enormous
demand, as well as telephone ap-
purtenances. -Hardware.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-01-04
JUST PLAIN wED.

l am the wind,
just plain, ordinary wind
have plenty of other names
The smart reporter
Calls me "Oid 8oreas;;"
When L waltz through the pines,
| am the "soughing wind
When 1 agilate the honeysuckle
am the "gentle zephyr"
When I cool off the shirt-waist man,
l am the welcome breeze"
When 1 pick up housese in Kansas
l am the "howling cyclone
When upset the pleasure yacht
lam the treacherous choppy wind
When I make the ekippers
Chase tc shore
lam the ''gale of great velocity. y
All the same my name is wind.
And don't you forget this.
am useful, yes indeed.
Why, what would sermon
Amount to without me?
Would the long prayers
In the synagogue ''reach"
IF it wasn't for me?
Could you pump up your tire.
Mental or rubber, without me-?
/ don't think.
/ am the stock
Of all the trusts,
l elect presidents,
And governors;
Likewise congressman,
Also mem bers of assembly.
| was in evidence this fall
From the rear car,
Also from the platform.
Bryan used a lot of me,
I also did some business
With Marcus and Teddy.
The tenor and soprano
Could not commit murder
On the high C's
Without me.
[ squel in the bsgpipe,
1s'1rrt'e in the cornet,
[ p ,!,,ndo in the bass horn.
l wal IN the flute,
[ "paom-peom" in the trombone,
IF it we're not for me
How could the sweet girl graduate
And sappy senior
Torture the audience
With their essays?
j uet tell me that.
. About the first of December 800.
Igo to Washington;
am in great demand there
All winter
In congress.
Don't turn up yours nose at me!
1 am Wind, useful, busy
Wind!
E. D. C. in Syracuse Standard
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-01-04
MAKE-BELIEvR MATERIALS
Sham Marble and Wood Decorations
In Great Metrop oIitaa Buildings.

Sham Marble and Wood Decorations
In Great Metropolitan Buildings
Shams and limitations of all kinds
are placed upon the market, and the
limitations range in all branches and
lines of business, from skim milk
which masquerades as cream to the
piece of glass which has to do serv-
ice as real diamond. These
frauds are transparent to a great
part of the population, and the
sham jewelry. sham fur and the
humbugs generally are palmed off
On that class of the population
which would rather have an imita-
ton than nothing, or upon the
rural visitor who lives in blissful
ignorance OF many tricks of the
various trades. But some of
the great metropolitan buildings
which have been erected recently
have within their walls shams in the
way of decorations which are SO
well made, so artistically con-
structed, that they are looked upon
IS genuine by men to whom the
average sham is an open book. In a
building which was recently erected
In the residence part of the city
there are groups and columns which
look : to the casual observer like
shafts of highly colored marble,
scanned and veined SO intricately
and colored so tremendously that
a person with appreciation for the
beautiful could not help noticing
them and praising their beauty.
But they are not MARBLE" said
one who knew all about the builder s
shams. ''They are not even stone.
The highly polished columns are
made of iron and decorated to imi-
tate marble"
''But the surface feels like stone,
and not at all like metal :"
= ''It is not metal. nor is it stone, !"
was the experts reply Over the
surface of the iron column there is a
coating, the chief Ingredient of
which is powdered marble. This
coating is several inches thick, and
becomes solid, homogeneous mass,
susceptible to the highest polish;
and when it has been rubbed down
and painted its general appearance
will deceive most people.
In the same building there are
cornices and panels which seem to
the casual observer masterpieces Of
the carver's art, but the garlands
and groups of fruits and flowers
which appear to be stone and ivory
and polished wood are only plas ter
or prepared paper pulp coated with
colors which aid in the work of de-
ception- Ceilings which represent
great areas of carved and CHS
eled stone are only plaster, and the
futed columns surmounted by high
ly ornate capitals which stand near
the great make believe monoliths
may be-unmasked with the prick OF
pin, and shown to be plain, ordi-
nary wood, disguised and mas
querading under colors and tints
artistically applied. IN. Y. Tribune.