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The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09

waiting for someone, and most people
think it is you. My wife was saying
to me only; the other day that if Mary
was pining for that Joe Jordan she
better look out or she would end up an
old maid, because the Lord only knew
whether he was in the land Of the liy-
ing .. .-
Reckon most people would think
she was losing time waiting around for
an old whiteheaded tramp, Shaft
~ The queer looking tramp sat long
time watching the scenery rushing by
but it is doubtful if he saw any Of it..
When the conductor came along the
next time he looked up and remarked:
Say. Shaft, do you reckon I could
get back on the old I. N. & W. ?'' E.@
l.. :" Amt done nothing to queer your
self. have your"
Not that I know Of
& Well, the old man always spoke
mighty well Of you, and if there is
nothing doing for you on that road,
I have got a pretty good pull over here
myself. You drop off at home with
me, and We will see about fixing Won
up bit before you tackle him,
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
THE SHOCKED BURGLAR.

Indignant to Find Policeman Warming
Himself at M:dn ght.
Once upon time a Burglar looked
up from his work at the Office Safe
into which he was Drilling and De-
tected a Policeman in the act of
Watching him from Behind the Stove.
Well" said the Burglar, dropping his
drill and speaking with Manly lndig-
nation, 81. may not be. Everything that
Gentleman should be. AS I'm no
Hypocrite: I Frankly Admit that I'm
a Crook and Steal for a Living But
there's One Thing l can say for myself
I'm no Sneak. Come Oh with your
handouts. Cop Gibboney, and run me
in. I'm Burglar all right, but, thank
heaven, I'm no Spy and Infor1ner.
And when the Mayor hears of this per-
haps it won't be Me that'll find him
self in Trouble" The Burglars an
ticiration was Justified The mayor
caused him to be Discharged with
Apologies, and issued statement to
the public Deprecating any action on
.he part of his Police Force that might
Wound the, Sensibilities of the High
Spirited Criminal Classes. Moral: It
is better that ninety-nine guilty men
should escape than that anybody
should employ the only means by
which they can. be scaught.--Philade1
phia North American.
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
THEY FIND THEIR
OCCUPATION
is NOW GONE.

establishments where it is cleaned, and
then pressed into a pulp, to come out
papier-mache. All sorts of useful ar
sticles are made of this, boot buttons,
especially, being stamped cut in enor-
NOUS quantities by machinery. Toys
are also made of: it. Whisps of hair,
which are common enough in the dust
bins, are eagerly collected by the chif-
foniers and the discarded locks may
eventually come back in the form Of a
wig to the very man who sighed as he
saw them come out under his brush
and comb. Bits of cloth are sent to the
paper mills and may reappear at the
house from which the servants threw
them with disgust in the form of my
iady's perfumed note paper. Odds and
ends Of food are taken to feed the live
stock with which every chiffonier's
house is provided. Sometimes even
meal for himself and his family is thus
provided.
Wonderful stories are told Of the
honesty of the chiffoniers, who, when
they find anything OF value which has
been thrown into the dust bin by mis-
take, are said always to bring it to
the Prefecture of Police instead of ap-
propriating it.. However, in spite Of
his honesty and in spite OF his vigor-
GUS protest, the chiffonier is doomed
and this army Of forty thousand will
have to find some other mode Of max
ing a living 1t speaks we'll for the
stability of the French government
that it is able to throw forty thousand
men out of employment in Paris "at
one fell sWoop' without creating Sc
rious disturbance. That number of
men suddenly thrown out of employ
ment by an act of tne government
might lead to disorders in any city and
in Paris it would have meant a revo-
luton not SO long ago.-New York
Press.
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
is
kliifffol.,,,rIa,!ie1-s

81 A great outcry { is being made in
Paris at the abolition Of the dust bins
and the Inauguration Of municipal
system Of rubbish collecting. The noisy
protest comes from 10000 "chiffoniers"
who will be thrown out Of employment
by the Introduction of modern sys-
TENS Of sanitation. For many, many
generations the chiffonier. of Paris has
been; one Of the institutions Of the
French capital; but now he must go,
$1,000 strong as he is. ''Ragpicker" is
our word for "chiffonier," but in real
ltya the cniffOnier devoteS but small
part OF his energy to picking up rags
ln the refuse bins from which he gath
ers his treasures he delights more to
find old sardine boxes or tins in which
canned food once :reposed. From the
tin the little toys are made which de-
light the hearts of the children and
are sold on the boulevards for a cent
apiece; and from the solder are man
ufactured little toy soldiers. Old tin
cans are the chiffoniers' staple COM
modify, but he gets from the bins an
other article Of profit when he picks
out pieces of broken china. Broken
china would seem to. be particularly
Yalueless, but it is sometimes verit-
able sold mine't to the chiffonier. All
pieces with lines, flowers or other or
lamentations in gold on them are
carefully set aside and taken to COM
pany which deal solely in this article
Of commerce. The gold leaf is care
fully removed from the shards by melt
ing off, and carefully collected. An
appreciable amount of gold which
otherwise would have been lost to the
world is thus collected in the course of
q year, and the company which buys
the broken pieces from the chiffoniers
pays good dividends. The waste paper
collected by the chiffoniers is sold to
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
Progress In Ocean Travel.

In lS4O the Cunard steamship Brit
annia, built Of wood, propelled by pad
die wheels, maintained sea speed Of
about 8l1a knots. Her steam pressure
was L pounds per inch. She was 2o7
feet long, about 1000 tons displace-
ment, her engines developed about
75O-horse power, and her coal con-
sumption was about 40 tons day. or
about five pounds Of coal per indicated
horse power per day. She carried a
full spread Of sail. In. sixty wears
speed has been increased from SA
knots to twenty three knots; the time
on the voyage has been reduced to
about one-third Of what it was in 1870.
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
Ara Arrest for. Fan.

= Many a good fellow has been arrest
ed in; this city as a joke, put up by his
best friends through the medium of a
conplaisant "cop," says the New York
Press. None of us cares to confess it,
9but all have bought the necessary and
customary bottle. A few days. ago in
Park row, near Pearl street, a group
of Divverites; thinking to have fun
with a lonely-lpoking farmer, induced
the policeman on the beat to arrest
him. The intention was to have =
good laugh on the old man, then treat
him to whatever he wanted and let
him go. But the officer caught a Tar
tar. The hayseed knew a thing or two.
and made the liveliest kind of protest.
even going SO far as to threaten to
"break" the cop for laying hands on
him. This frightened the entire party,
who expected a scare with hair on
end and a fearful pleading. The police
man, realizing his mistake, released
the countryman and started to walk
away, but the latter caught hold Of
him, eXclaiming, with fire in his eye:
Nav, nav, naw Ye don't fur a
cent! I'm under arrest. on haven't
the power to release me. You've got
to take me to the station house. You
come along here and lay hands on me,
Who hasn't committed no offense5
against the law, and I'll be dinged ef
i don't make you sweat for it, Come!
Take me along I'm your prisoner
The Dsverites led precipitately. AS
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09

IN his own bank, and thence it reached
the bank on which it was drawn. In
TACT, there are so many ways in which
these worthless checks are presented
TO the banks by people who have
cashed them in good faith that it
would, take long to describe them. The
point Is that the display OF 4 he blank
checks is q source of trouble to the
banks, whereas it is by no means nee
essary that they should be 'displayed
at all. Any customer of a bank who
has a right to checks could secure
them from teller or other employe
OF his bank, In this way no forgers
or other criminals could obtain all the
checks they wanted simply by enter
ing a bank and taking them. I think
that the action Of the Cleveland bank
will in time be taken by many other
banks, and also by trust companies
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
A DREAM OF TREASURE.

Small Boys Dream Locates Money Which
Is Really There.
Dreams are often unaccoUntabie, and
perhaps what I am about to relate may
interest your readers. When quite
voung-l was only years old them
lived with my parents at villa in
Trieste, Austria. For weeks and weeks
| mad the same dream, although not
nlghtly-namleiy, that in the night
time [ found myself at the bottom OF
the garden in my nightgown, scratch
Ing at little heap of earth, and found
copper, silver, and gold COINS, and sud
denly looking up, found before me,
and watching me, the sister O. the
landlord Of the villa, an old, haggard
woman. Having dreamed, this SO often,
I naturally related it to my mother,
who repeated il to her friends These
friends. who were Of a supersfitious
nature, tried to induce my father to
buy the plot of ground in question, but
he would not listen to such abs1rdity
AS he was ar nnbeliever in spiritual
ism. Well some years later the land
lord had occasion TO build lodge at
the bottom OF the garden, and while
digging for the foundation a large
sum Of money in copper, silver and
gold coins was discovered. How is it
that mere boy Of T. without any
knowledge Of the place or Of the his
tory of the owners OF the said grounds,
should have such a dream, which turn.
ed out true?-Spectator
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
Affected Them Differently.

Recently the German Crown Prince
:alled the Kaiser's attention to the fact
that the teachers in certain colleges
gave their pupils some extraordinary
subjects on which to write essays.
Whatever the subjects were, it is
snoWn that the Kaiser was displeased,
while his heir could see only the comic
side of the matter. It leaked out that
! teacher in a college for girls Of 10
70 13 years of age gave the following
IS a subject for an essay: What Was
the Idea Of the Egyptian King Amasis
About God. and What do We Chris
ianss Think About It 2" This incident
explains both the Crown Princes hi-
.arity and the Emperors annoyance
Berlin Correspondence London Tele-
graph.
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09

and shook it Off. Then dug match
out Of my pocket and struck i. That's
where my hair began to turn white.
The place was sWarning with gigantic.
spiders, thought, but as the matcn
flickered and fared looked up at my
companion. His face was deadly white
and he hissed at me: i'
:. Tarantulas.'
IS. Then understood in an Instant
The horrible things had been brought
from some southern country In the
lunches of bananas. A bite from any
one of the ugly creatures meant death.
could hear my companions teeth
cha.terlng and I knew that he was in
an agony Of fear. ... .s.l.
Whats S, to be- done?'J he gasped.
Sit perfectly STILL, said T. Don't
move nor brush one of them off, even if
it crawls on your face. Have you the
nerve to do it?' z%s# D. ..%.- T.
i. :. No, no. My Goa, shall be insane
in a few minutes ~ se@ - E
I knew that he was telling the truth
and felt that L also had the same to
fear. Our warm bodies probably at
tracted the creatures, because they be-
gan to crawl over US, and to this day
= have only to close my eyes and |
can see and feel those hairy legs and
little claws creeping on my flesh. Sud-
denly my companion gave a scream and
began beating the air and fighting the
tarantuias. We were pressed so close
to the roof OF the car that We could
scarcely move, and as lay there not
daring to even turn a hand or foot it
was fearful. The odor from the insects
that he had crushed and from the ripe
fruit was in itself overpowering, and
it is not surprising that soon became
unconscious. And that no doubt
saved my life and reason.
- 1T was some time the next day
when I awoke, and there was daylight
IN the car. looked about and there
was not a tarantula in sight. called to
my companion, but there was no an
swer, and l was too weak to get over
to him. After time I heard people
moving outside and made an outcry
that attracted attention. At last the
car was opened and was released. I
won't trouble. you with all those de-
tails, but they found the. body of my
companion. 1t was swollen to horri-
BILE size and fearful thing to see. l
lay in hospital three weeks and when
| came out my hair was like it is now,
although lou know, Shaft, l am less
than thirty"
Il have had some darned queer
stories told me, Joe Jordan, but that
takes the Gale. Who told you that
: Nary Z arr was married p '.s'7 s:&zs@
= Nobody; just knew it was all"
well, you are the blamdest idiot.
That girl has just been sitting around
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09

kind of elevated from freight run
to this" "
Yep, made up my mind three years
ago that the old man on the l. N. and
w. would never give me a chance, so
| took the first offer and transferred
over here. Had not been here SIX
months until I got this passenger run.
You seem to be still on the slow
frelghts in your line, Joe What on
earth has happened to your hair?''
Its pretty long story, Shaft, un-
less you have got time to listen'.
Twenty miles to the next stop"
We'll, you see, it is like this, Shaft.
It's five years since 1 dropped out. Not
one single person that knew or that
knew me in the old days has ever seen
me or spoken to me since then until |
ran across you this morning. There
was no one dependent upon me, and no
one that cared, l guess. You know
that was running pretty strong with
Mary Parr then for q time, and al
though she is married now
whats that?'
We'll, l amt ashamed to say that I
thought lot Of her and if things had
gone differently may be I would have
had a passenger run by this time. One
evening Mary and had little spat-
didn't amount to much, but we thought
it did-and that settled it. Then I
heard that she was going with Henry
Weber. a machinist at the shops and
SO kind of dropped out Left the road
and worked all over for time Then l
got to travelling about a bit, and soon
I was on the bum. You don't know
how easily fellow can drop into that
especially a fellow that knows rail-
'roading as I do. / have travelled all
over these United States without a
cent. It's hard lines some times, but
l don't know but it is as good as any
other if a fellow don't care what be-
comes of him., e..
"About my white head? Did Won
ever hear that a mans hair could turn
gray in a night I never took much
stock in that, but here before you is a
sample of what can be done by fear. II
was in this way. / had been wandering
down through the eastern states some
three years ago, and one night I land
ed at Lancaster, Pa. There was a
young fellow hanging around the
Pennsylvania road 's.water tank and we
decided to travel together It was
warm eVensif it was late winter and,
we began nosing around the cars. The
young fellow found q car door unsealed
and called to me. We climbed in and
found ourselves in a car loaded with
bananas. It was pleasant enough and
we found straw on top of the crates
and made it a good place for sleeping.
Before went to sleep brakeman
came along and heard him swearing
because the banana car had not paen
seaied before it left NeWa x, and then
! leard him closing the. door. it did
not seem that had been alseep very
long when | was awakened by my com
panion. Said he:
There is something in this car
OF course there is, said /, and
about to fall asleep again. ss
It's something crawling. DONE
you feel them? 2 ss
did feel something on my hand
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
Whitened Hair.
BY H. S. ROGERS.

D II. .. AOIEftO.
tCopyrfght, 1901. by Daily Story Pub Coz
Conductor Shaffer of No 5 let him
self down from the rear end Of his
train as it came to standstill. He
cast an inspecting glance along the
line of cars and at first hardly noticed
ing out from under the car near which
ne has standing. 1t. was evident that
the stranger had been stealing ride,
and he was dirty and begrimed; but
In spite of the unattractive appearance
of the man there was something un-
usual in his appearance that would
cause anyone to look at him q second
time. The skin had the pink tint and
smoothness of youth, yet the hair
above the face was as white as winter
snow. The men looked at each other
a moment and then the stranger
turned quickly as if about to move
away. Said Conductor Shaffer:
Joe Jordon, by thunder"
Hoped you wouldn't know me,
Shaft
I'D know you in the kingdom come,
Joe. But, Lord, how you have
changed!'' t-,
Joe appeared a bit uneasy and moved
from one foot to the other restlessly.
What you doing under that train ?"
Riding the rods"
From Where?"
'Other end of the division"
Where were. you going?" 4~% e
Didn't know and didn't care. just
got out because I was getting
cramped.' @...-..>~4~
You are a regular bum, then?''
"Yep, pretty much
Just you get right in the smoker
there and after 1 work the train will
come in and talk to you
After Conductor Shaffer had done
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
Coal In Australia.

There is vast supply of coal in
Australia which is almost unworked
as yet. The total product at present
is about 100000 tons yearly, and the
larger part of this output has been
from the province of New South
Wales. The resources of Victoria ap-
pear to be vastly greater The La
trobe valley produces Ignite of good
quality and the supply is estimated at
30,000,O00, 900 tons.
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09

a last resort the -beleaguered officer
made a rush for passing street car
and succeeded in gaining the foot
board, but the farmer was on his trail.
He caught him by the, coat tail and
sWore he'd hold On if it tore the gar
ment to shreds. The officer, an un-
usually bright fellow, then took the
bull by the horns and jumping off the
car, collared the old fellow and march
ed him to the station, where he made
this formal charge: *'The prisoner in
terfered with an officer in the perform
ance of his duty. He even went so far
as to try to pull the officer off street
car while said car was in motion,
greatly endangering the officers life. 9
The farmer protested in vain His
word had no weight against that of
the policeman, SO he had to suffer.
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
Peru's Great Are.

The French government has sent out
a large party. Of French scientists to
measure the, Arc of Quito, in Peru.
This important survey was first made
100 years ago. but the improvements
in methods and instruments for geo
sdetic work have been SO great that
arcs OF the earth can now be meas
ured with almost inappreciable error.
The plan is to extend the original
measurements in both directions, 80
that the work now undertaken includes
an arc of over seven degrees, or about
43O miles.
The Cook County herald., 1901-11-09
Insuring Against Bad Debts.

The business of insuring individuals
and firms against losses from bad debts
above certain amount is one which
has grown and extended rapidly in
New York city within two or three
years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-07-27
FOR THE THIRD TIME.
Constitution Defeats Columbia, After
Most Dramatic Start.

"'SoN ~ Ssa'S
New London, Conn.,. July 2..--In a fine
SOut Invest breeze over the @-mile course
from New Haven brcakwatcr to the
mouth of New London lnrhor, the Con
stitutiOn once again showed what II
superb racing craft she is in light wealth
cr ana smooth water. She beat the CO.
lumbia yesterday by y minutes and y.
seconds. fully ana squarely. There
We're no hukes, the wind holding
throughout.
The Constitution and the Columbia
very narrowly escaped disastrous col
lision as they crossed the line-a col
lisiOn too. which might have wrecked
one or both OF the yachts. The rivalry
between Captain Rhodes OF the Consti
tut ion and Captain Barr of the Columbia
is intense. AS they were maneuvrring
for the weather gage. just before the
start. Barr got the windwurl pCSition
with the Constitution close under hi.
lee. The steam yacht Nnrndn. VIII 'ch
was acting as the committee boat. was
anchored at the weather end of the line.
ing Il very narrow passage hetwren her
self and the Narada. Barr ran his bow
spirit into it. and hailing the ConSttu-
ton for room to pass went into II in
what seemed the most reckless manner.
Although Captain Rhodes put his helm
up. it was some little time before sh,
paid Off. When she ut last swung OIL
the howsprit OF the Columbia was nearly
grazing the side of the Nara'n. Cap
tain Barr. to escape II collision with tht
Constitution. put his helm up and gybcd
the Columbia. or else the end Of lcr
main boom would have struck the top
mast rigging OF the Constitution. II,
barely cleared her. and then, lltling up
ovrrcamr llr boom again. ani. cloS'
hauled once more on the StallDOard tack
the Columbia shot ahead and To wind
ward. blank ting tn" Constitution an,.
lufting ont under the stern of the Narada
as she stood on her course, 100 yards IN
the lead.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-07-27
The Indian and the Buffalo.

The buffalo and his habits present
th. KEY to the lifc and customs OF
these Western tribes. What the palm
Is to the BcdOun OF the desert or the
reindeer to the arctic Laplander, this.
ana more, the buffalo represented TO
the Sioux and Blackfeet. the Chey'
enues and ArapahOes. His fsh pro
viled food, not only for present need,
bar. when "jerked' and packed away
IN the skin perfeche, stor" for VIII
ter's use. His hide was metamor-
phosed now into clothing to be worh
by day or the warm blanket for the
couch at night, and again into the
horse trappings, cooking vessels ana
various utensils Of aboriginal life. The
broad. GbrouS sincw OF the back gave
to the woman her thread and to The
hunter or warrior his bowstring. The
bones, horns and tails played their
part in the OrnamentatlOn OF tep2e
and clothing, while even the dried Of,
fail supplied The much-nceded fuel.
The village of movable tcpees floated
hithpr and thithcr in the wake OF the
drifting herds, the extinction of which
I yolutiOn!Zed the conditions of the
plains Indians life. His chief occu-
patton the chase, was gone. The war
path was of necessity discontinued,
because with the passing Of the buff
falo, his commiSSariat was destroyed.
Thus. his activities gone, averse to
agriculture, unframed in any nseful
:rt, he was left stranded on the differ
ent reservations. a pensioner on Gov.
ernmental bounty. and prey to indo'
lence. disease and vice.-The outlook.