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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Lndial1 Maidens Inter-
Marry with the
Whites.

= = I. 3 d ~ al,
raised haIf-breed child, who was
great curiosity to the redskins AS
years sped by other hunters invaded
the domain of the five tribes of the
Indian territory and married other
dafk-skinned beauties. Intermarriage
in the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw,
ChickasaW, and Seminole tribes has
Hourlshed to such an extent within
the last quarter century that the full
blood element is now on the verge Of
extinction. The old men Of the tribes
are becoming alarmed and have passed
laws against intermarriage. Some of
these laws are very severe, almost
prohibitive, in fact The young Indian
women object to these laws, because,
they do not want, as rule, to marry
the men of their own tribes. The
Chickasaws are the strictest regarding
intermarriage. A law recently placed
on their statute books requires any
white man applying for a license to
marry ChickasaW girl, first, to pro-
duce evidence that he has resided in
the Chickasaw nation two years, next
to furnish credentials as to his good
character ,and third, to pay $1,000 for
the marriage license. Of course, the
girl has and sometimes takes the priv
ilege of eloping, at the cost of losing
her right in the tribal lands and
money, and of disgracing herself in
the eyes of her relatives. Her head
right is something worth considering.
A right in the Chickasaw nation is
valued at from $4,000 to $4,000. The
intermarriage laws Of ali the four ma
tions named are about the same, ex-
cepting that the Chickasaw nation
charges $1,000 for a license, while the
others only. ask $40. There is good
reason for these laws. Many fortune
hunters, attracted by the wealth Of the
Indian maidens, have in the past mar
ried into the tribes, gained control Of
large tracts Of land, fostered outlaws,
and raised bad families. There were
few happy marriages, and not until the
wise men Of the tribes met and passed
an act making every white man show
his credentials before the license was
issued, was there betterment Of these
conditions. The character of each ap-
plicant was carefully examine before
he was admitted. For several years
thereafter respectable and Industrious
white men married into the tribes and
their children married whites It was
so on down the line until today the
eight, sixteenth, and thiry-second part
Indian predominates. Of pure bloods
there will be none in a few years.
Chicago Journal.
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takes takes up the dust and drives it against
a sponge. The latter, being saturated
with water, readily retains the dust
and aids greatly III cleaning the room
The current for the motor in the case
of the hand operated sweeper is sup
piled by a small generator connected
with the futed roller, but in case Of a
large sweeper. for use in halls and
churches. it issintended to attach the
sweeper directly to an electric-light;
circuit 81 N by means ofsSWires In this sase
the current; is also made to revolve the
brushes, and 1t is then only necessary
for the operator to draw the machine
along the floors, the speed of the brush
,es being so high that a rapid gait
can be maintained without sighting
the work. When the spone has become
coated with the dust the cover Of the
sweeper is lifted and the sponge taker
out for cleansing.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
ed the purpose without commi hitting my

ed the purpose without COMMIT mittIng my
dense ignorance to such test? Ragged
School! Is there one other subject
that ! know or care quite SO little
about as the Ragged School? / won
der where my good fairy was when she
could not put some other excuse for
an invitation into my stupid head!.
But I'm in for it now, and I'll drive
by the Ragged School and. get a few
dots for tomorrow. Maybe, my boast
ed plan will materialize between now
and then & .ssss5S
Somehow, at the sight Of the real
thing-the eager pinched faces with
their hunger for better things written
upon them something genuine,
warm, Womanly stirred in her heart
her giddy selfish heart, that had, hith-
.erto, bowed only4at the Moloch of her
own consuming vanity. In her gild-
( ed, pampered life, she had never seen
anything like this. Then she thought:
It is such work, as this that fill his
life, while T." and the ignominy Of
her wager with her cousin dyed her
cheek with bushes that outvied the
rouge. She entered her carriage self
condemned, humiliated-h saw her
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Bea ze'.fi !; al
and Rf'cb

/,
From the interming1ing of the white
and the red blood in the Indian terri
tory there has grown up race nata-
Bile for the beauty and grace of its
women. The girls Of the Indian terri
tory are no more the wild, untamahle,
5dusky beauties of early Indian fiction
than they are the aSwretehed creatures
found IN among some Of the tribes today.
4 ,Iheys The are TO all intents and purposes
on the same plane with white women
OF education and refinement, except
That ina 81 he strain Of wild, strong Indian
blood in their veins gives them tinge
OF y richer I'll her color, a brighter eye, "a more
i1ssonle il5ssl'e grace than their white sisters
possess. Reckoned in fractions of
blood, these Indian beauties are more
Caucasian than aboriginal American.
All of them, however, are Indians,
politically and socially; n they hold
hrmly to their membership in the
tribes. Many Of them are one-quarter
or one-eighth, or even, one-sixteenth
or one-thirty second Indian; but the
red strain is stronger and shows. if
not in some lingering richness of color
or IN the n1olding of the face, at least
In an all but indefinable fascination
and grace, the heritage of a forest
people. Among them one may find per-.
fect blondes, with the Indian strain
still salient and palpable.. And al
though they have succumbed to the
corset of civilization, in almost all
cases they have their less trammeled
ancestresses to thank for the blessing
OF Well-nigh perfect figures And one
other OF Woman's best gifts they pos
ses; clear and low voices, with not a
trace of the cultural intonation which
Is common to original Indian tom
CUES. Raised amid scenes of the
bloodless conquest of their race by the
whites, they look without concern up
on the destruction Of tribal customs
and the thinning out of old blood. To
this last they even contribute, for so
seldom does one Of them marry an
Indian that such an event is com
mented upon in the territory as re-
markable Before the middle of the
last. last century a Cherokee woman one
day met a hunter in the forest. She
was rightened at his white skin and
fed thinking him an evil spirit But
ne was fascinated by her beauty and
pursued her into camp, where he
learned that she was. the daughter OF
Friendly chief The hunter laid seige
to the heart Of the dusky belle and
finally gained her consent to marry
him according to tribal customs then
in vogue. This hunter and his squaw
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11

tow and where the lack, doubt il he
admitted to himself.
The following day she came late: but
fingered to ask him if he would mind
dropping in, quite Informally, the next
forenoon to discuss a little plan Of
hers about the Ragged School, Had
she invited him to drop in and dis
cuss protoplasm he would have felt
with the first sweet thrill of surprise
at such proposal from so bewitching
q slnner--that ne protop1asm was. just
then, the most enthralling theme In ex-
istence!
But. to discuss the Ragged school,'
that darling object Of his affections!
She had heart-a gentle, Womanly#
heart. He had suspected it all along:
and now he knew that her world illness
her frivolity were only surface deem.
The Ragged School!r Gould any but
q saint in embryo be interested in sd.
ansavory q theme?
My! she mused, as she went from
the church. just wee thrill lingering
IN the hand he had clasped. why did
I say Ragged School? Wasn't there
something else that would have sery-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11

beating eggs, cake, dough, etc, with
the hands, employing in lieu thereof
a foot-power machine, which is pro-
Vlded with a flexible Whipper-c carrging
shaft, by means Of which the agitation
OF eggs and other ingredients of. a
cake may be properly effected. There
IS also dish-supporting shelf, so
mounted that it may be used to adjust
dish at any desired angle. The ma
chine is somewhat like a sewing ma
chine in construction, and, in fact, ii
the upper portion of sewing machine
were cut away to expose the rotary
!. shaft for connection with flexible
shaft and beater it would answer pre-
c1sely the same purpose as the invent
or's model. All that is required to
operate the apparatus is to attach the
beater to the end of the shaft, insert
it in the basin Of liquid and run the
treadle with the feet. The accompany
ing cabinet of drawers should also
prove itself great convenience to the
housekeeper. :G. Ia ~. Il. @,s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Who Was the Winner?

BY EVA WILLIAMS MALONE.
Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
a pair of gloves to a box Of candy
that can bring your adorable young
rector to a proposal before Eas-
ter! You all think he's made OF ala
baster and can't come down to COM
mon clay! Never mind, I'll prove TO-
you that he's a man just like the rest.
Will you take the Wager?"
She was beWitchingly pretty and she
eW it; she was a consummate fllrt
and others knew it, if she did not.
I'll accept the wager on one condi-
ton: the Rev. Alonzo is to propose
and to be rejected. It's rather danger
Gus sport turning these ravishing
young divines into ones own especial
preserves, Mabelle--'' and he gave her
a, look that might mean cousinly affec-
ton and might mean great deal more.
Rejected! OF course he's to be re-
jected; they all are, for century, at
least" and her merry laugh rang
through the room To look at her,
one would have felt that she might
we'll defy Time and Change; and claim
Youth and Beauty as a perennial dow
ser. A kiss sealed the compact-quite
a cousinly kiss. to be sure; and then
the wicked little sinner began to form
her plan of campaign"
The next afternoon the Rev. Alonzo
was surprised and delighted to see ma
belle at the Lenten services. Her
worldliness (and her beauty had caus-
ed him sundry pangs; and there is no
knowing how many of the prayers in
times past had been said with the vis-i
Sion Of a pair Of dancing blue eyes be-
tween the young rector and the book
One must naturally grieve at the way
Wardness of his own sheep-and if the
sheep" he very young and fair, one
is but flesh and blood to grieye just a
little more ardently, to be sure! So,
the Rev. Alonzo put unusual fervor
and JUNCTION into the services; and that
willy sinner with the unspeakable
guileless eyes was surprised to find
that the game promised to be some
what less Of a ssbore'' than she had an
tleipated. She fingered just a little
to make quite sure that he was aware
of her presence. Then, when she felt,
rather than saw him coming to greet
her, she slipped away. He went home
feeling that the services had not been
quite what he. had hoped for Just
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Roses Replace Violets.

For the first time in many years the
violet has lost it's place as fash
lonable flower in woman's spring head
gear. The rose has crowded the mod
est purple flower out. .,..s.s +.
The milliners say that it is due to a
Whim of the young queen of Holland
The rose is Queen Wilhelmina's fa-
vorite flower. She wears roses, pink
and white and red, whenever and
wherever she can. and when her we'd
ding trousseau was made in Paris the
makers had to put lots of roses in her
dnery. 81
That set the fashion in Paris, where
ihere are not beautiful royal brides
svery year, and allsthe Partisan miEli-
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drive away and found In her act a full
justification of the best thoughts ht
had given her.
When he came the next day, sht
had a genuine plan" and, in its dis
cussion with him, she marye1ed at shel
own earnestness; and at the depth anf
intensity of the man whom she haf
planned to make her toy as she hat
made others. When he was gone, sht
asked herself which was the real worll
his or hers? i.
Il wonder if am a hypocrite?" shf
asked herself, which did I reall!
mean, the wager with Charlie or this
How this true man would despise m,
if he knew!"
Toward the close of Lent Charli
said rather cautiously:
By the way, dear girl, don't heal
SO much about that young rector anf
his rejection, as I had expected. Tn
afraid your charms are beginning t.
fail! Don't forget the gloves If hi
doesn't come to time; and remember
it's to be a good round NO. You'v
been most distressingfy pious eve
since Ash Wednesday, I'm bound te
admit. Every time I've called, it seems
to me the servant has said:
Miss Evelyn has gone to church.
And this Ragged School fad
Don't you think that's piling it or
rather heavy, .Puss
@ "The Ragged School is all right
Don't you bother about it--or me-
There was just. a. little touch OF
something in her tone and bearins
that made this distant relative scan hei
face earnestly. He had always fell
that when the time for seriousness be-.
tween him and Evelyn came, all would
be well.
"Look here, Co.. he said ..don't you
forget it's to be No; that's part OF
the compact, you remember
"Oh, certainly, we both understand
that, she retorted with a return OF
her accustomed gayety. But he left
her with a thorn in his heart.
Il Easter morning he received. buried
in the redolence Of lilies. a pair Of
gloves from which fell a bit Of per-
fumed paper. He seized it and his
hand tremb1ed as he read:
Dear Old Charlie: .5.
I send the gloves. I hope you won,
mind that the play has not turned out
just right! He did all that could have
been expected; but the leading lady
failed at the very last moment and
made. it Yes instead of MOI Be sure
and come to- see me when I am Mis-
5tress of Tha Manse. EVELYN
IN. B. i've confessed our yillainous
plot to Aloha, SO you needn't feel the
slightest compunction about coming,
But he never went! S
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Sunday Habits. :.

The average man does himself so
much harm on Sunday that be does
not recover until the following we'd
nesday. II the first place, he loafs
around the house. instead Of being
active. as on weekdays. Ia the next
place, he eats his breakfast later than
usual, and his dinner earlier. and the
result is that lls ne is knocked out until
Wednesday: The best thing to do on
Sunday IS 5to conform to your usual
habits as much as possible. Atchison
Globe. ,,''s.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11

RESISTANCE OF BACTERIA TO HEAT
Many persons have erroneous no.
tons as to the ease with which bac-
terra are destroyed by heat. In fact,
the thermal death-point" for bacterial
organisms varies widely. Some forms
OF water bacteria are killed by simple
bllood-heat, while pathogenic bacteria
develop best at that temperature. Dur
ing their multiplying and vegetating
phase of life bacteria are more easily
DESTROYED by heat than they are after
passing to the resting or spore stage.
Some spores derived from the soil re-
#qullre boiling for sixteen hours to en-
sure their death. Moist heat in the
form OF steam is the most effectual
dfsinfeetant. No spore, however re-
sistant. remains alive after one min
ute's exposure to steam at 40 degrees
centigrade. But no degree. Of cold has
been found sufficient to destroy bac-
teriaI life.
The twenty Mexican banks reported
in the government reports show q
combined capital Of SO 100000.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
SHADOW OF THE ROCKIES. IS


The mountains From my window lie out
rolled,
Their solemn peaks with coronals Of
snow.
i Ger which the nres Of dawn and SUM
set flow. ss 85s 55s|a
And And keen. high ridges by fierce Winds pa
trelled, s|s
With evening comes mighty shadow
Across my doorway as the sun sinks
low
4 And high above, the loftier SUBMITS
show ~ 8.s &
/ Faint as the twilight tames their outlines
bold,
Then from the nights the spirit Of re-
pose.
Steals earthward. with the peace that
long has lain sss
Secure amid the deep, untrodden SHOWS
"A shadow stream, for which my soul
is fain. ..-.z
Tiaa. from the towering peak Of silence
flows,
And pours its balm upon the toiling
plain. 5Ess
Meredith Nicholson in Century.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
FALSE yROUP.

s FALSE GROUP. cd s
This is a form sof laryngitis, occur
ring in young children, which is ae-s
companied by a spasmodic drawing to-
sgether Of the vocal cords, occasioning
more or less d ificulty in breathing. 1t.
is usually called simply Group by bottlS
mothers and doctors. but is a mudh
less serious affection than true Group.
True Group is an Inflammation, usually
d1phtheritic, with a membranous exd-
dation filing up the larnyx, where's
false Group is spasmodic and Of short
duration. Y False Group may begin sud
denly and without warning, but usual-
ly the child has cold for a day or
two before the croupy symptoms ap-
pear. The attack comes on during
sleep, and the little patient is awak-
ened by the urgent need for breath
Sometimes there is difficulty only In
Inspiration: in other cases an effort iss
required to force the air out as we'll
as to draw it in. 8
Accompanying the difficulty III
breathing is a short, ineffectual cough
OF harsh. metallic character. There
Is usually more or less fever, some-
times very high one, and the pulse
Is rapid and hard. The child seems
to be in imminent danger OF suffoca-
tlon-and sometimes actually is-but
generally the spasm Of the larnyx rs-
lakes after a while and the child falls
asleep. In many cases the attack, if
It has been severe, terminates with a.
Ut OF vomiting or the coughing up OF
large quantity Of mucus. -
A second attack may occur the same.
night or the next night, or there may
be no subsequent seizures.
The following morning the child is
generally in his usual health, except
Tor slight hoarseness and a spasmod- &
ic, metallic cough, or there NAV be q
little difficulty in breathing for day.
or two. Nh
!; Although the. symptoms OF sharp
attack OF spasmodic Group are often
terrifying, it seldom ends fatally in( a
5spreViously l1ealt child Gonvulsions
or or Inconsistencies may follow a severe
attack in delicate child.
Reilef {. may be obtained by applying
TO the throat cloth wrung out Of hot
water. The Inhalation of steam rising
{ J from or q vessel Of hot water in which u
teaspoonful of compound tincture of
Denzoin has been dropped will. some
times break up a spasm. In severe
cases the child may be made to vomit
@by giving him warm salt water, or by
tickling the back of the throat with
feather.
1t is not always easy to distinguish
between true and false Group, and it
is safer to call a physician in every
case. ...
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11

sarpet7sWeeper and dust-gat atherer, a
rev Of which we present ii the accom-
oanying illustration. The machine
,omprises a pair. of brush cylinders RI "a.
ated by connection with a 1uted rub
Der roller IA frictional contact with tle
ioer, and there IS also an electric mo-
o inside the casing, which Is ,tiIfzed
q run q rapidly revolving fan, which
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Two Products of the Pen.

In sending to George Bancroft
specimen of the pork raised on his
farm in Vermont, Mr., Evarts wrote this
characteristic note. which was found
preserved among the historians pa
pers after his death: "Dear Bancroft:
send YOU two products of my pen to-
day-my usual half barrel of pig pork
and my eulogy on Chief Justice
Chase" 80 IS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
LOCOMOTIVES. AND CHARACTER,


a well-known critic of art in France
M. Arse1e Alexandra, studied the ex-
hibit Of railway locomotives at Paris
last summer from new point of view,
and drew some interesting conclusions.
One OF. his most surprising differences
was that the genuine art Of to-day was
exhibited not in the museum of paint
ings, but among the locomotives. The
latter showed beauty of line and pro-
portion and true originality Of treat
:ment. m National character was clearly
marked in them. The American loco
motive combined elegance, practically,
convenience and power, betokening
race which takes its ease in working.
The English locomotive was more trim.
snug and smaller, but without loss of
power. ps The French was lighter and
finer in line, but less powerful and
effective. The other nations showed
similar distinctions in their work.
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ners took the rose into high favor.
Paris sets the pace for the fashions
here, so New York women are wearing
roses too, and violets only hold their
own at the florists.
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TELEPHoNiNG ACROSS THE OCEAN
One Of the most remarkable inyen-
tions marking the opening of the TWEEN
tieth century is the method devised
by Prof. Michael I. Pupin of Columbia
university for sending telephone mes
sages through ocean cables. The chief
reason why telephoning through sub
marine cables has not heretofore been
successful is because electricity is re-
tarded in passing through them. The
retardation is variable. and its effect
upon a telephone message sent
through a cable is to produce a INN
BILE Of the sounds which renders them
unintelligible. Professor Pupin's in
vention consists in attaching to the
cable, at intervals Of about an eighth
Of mile, little coils Of wire, which
have the effect of preventing the re-
tardation of the current. It is believed
that an Atlantic cable can now be CON
structed which will render converse
ton possible between the opposite
shores Of the ocean.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
LABoR SAVING Z, :II1lrlENsrI.

.,tgs A11AASVLS ofA FIESU UIkGNSkihE
The accompanying picture shows a
newly patented machine which may
be OF use in kitchens where saving
of time is an item to be considered.
1t does. away with the necessity fol
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11

docked horses had no protection. The
agony they suffered contributed un-
doubtedly to the heavy mortality
among the animals
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War Fatal to Docked Horses.

The habit Of docking horses tails is
neld by humane persons in England
to have been one cause of the large
loss of horses in the English army in
South Africa. The regular army
horses have the natural tails, but as
volunteer soldiers are called for in
time of. war SO volunteer horses are
drafted, and in England the fashion
outside Of the army is to dock the tails
OF horses The chief seourge of ami
mails of the African campaign has been
the flies and against these pests the
e-~~ese~-e1~~~-e.,~e-
Central a frican Fashions.
Bangles, necklaces and belts made
OF fine copper are commonly worn as
ornaments by the native tribes of Cen
tral Africa. Miss Caddiek. in Eer de-
lightful account Of her journey in Cen
tra1 Africa, describes the ingenious.
way in which the natives manufacture
the wire from the rough copper. They
draw it into the finest possible strands
which they twist on hair. The men
cut a hole through a tree, into which
they put a piece Of iron with small
perforation in it, The strip of copper
lis tapered to a point and put through
the hole in the iron. The natives
catch hold of the end with a kind OF
pincers;; then good number Of them
hang on to It and pull it through.
This process is repeated through small
er holes in the iron, till the wire is
fine enough. All the ornaments are