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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
CURIOUS HONDURAS PIPES.

Spanish and Aztec Implements Retain
Historic Designs and Color. IS
this country many Of the odd imple-
ments and curios Of those lands. The
Spanish population has a large admix-
ture of Aztec or other aboriginal blood
and preserves many OF the implements
as well as customs which prevailed in
the time OF the Montezumas. One Of
the queerest survivals in this regard is
the long pipe which is still employed
in the rural districts of both republics.
1t is made from shrub or sapling
which grows somewhat like the elder.
The bush is cut down and the pith ex-
tracted from the stem, which is after
ward peeled, polished, dried and paint
ed with primary colors in barbaric
style. The simplest form is a straight
stem from three to six feet in length.
A more expensive kind is made from
a stem with two terminal branches.
This demands much more care in ex-
tracing the pith, and enables the own
er to offer a friend mouthpiece on
wv ~ e@ASh !" A11CS Is &CuJOS1uS all
other upon a second. Three stemmed
sticks are also made, and, very rarely,
four-stemmed ones. These are kept as
curios rather than as useful articles,
and are supposed to have been en-
ployed upon especial occasions in the
days Of the Incas. The bowl is of red
mouthpiece may be Of bone, or, horn
or decorated silver and amber. The
length Of the stem causes the tobacco
smoke to cool appreciably in its pas
sage from the bowl to the lips, and
gives taste almost as mild as that
produced by the oriental nargile. The
tobacco used with it is Of rich red
brown color, about intermediate in
flavor and appearance between Vir-
GINA and Havana leaf. These pipes
make very pretty ornaments for a
mantel or for a wall, being much more
pleasing to the eye than the church
warden familiar to all smokers. They
are strong and durable, but, unless oil
ed and vanished now and then, they
are apt to split in a dry climate. Col
lectors make tia rule to oil them on
the inside once a year. 48 {. s:3i Z ].
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
BROKERS IN INVENTIONS.
Disappearance OF the DESCRIPTIONS Spec
ulator-Odd Ideas,

disappearance OF the INSCRIPTIONS Spec
ulator-Odd Ideas.
Inventors, as every one knows are
deficient in business sense. Left to
themselves, they seldom realize great
profit from their work. They offer a
golden opportunity to business men.
who are not slow to take ADVANTAGE
OF it. Two types of men make. their
living out of the inventor. One is the
Spectator, the other the legitimate
broker of inventions. There are NOT
SO many Spectators as there used to
De twenty years ago. Many made for
tunes out of the simple minded in
Ventors. The most notable case was
that OF one who bought ten patents
from a poor fellow in WASHINGTON for
S3,O0O, and in the next ten wears
cleared nearly s1,0OO,0OO on them in
this country and in Europe. Brokers'
nave progressed steadily and are now
members of a recognized calling
Many OF them are thorough mechanics
and good, practical scientists. Such
as these are bound to be successful.
others are merely clever statesmen
who at times make money and at other
times have their labor for their pains.
Their calling is full of odd and inter
estlng features. They meet inventors
or every type, from those who have
genius 20 those who are cranks and
dreamers.s It is among the latter that
they find queer inventions, some of
which, though ingenious, are not pat
entable. One of these was a police
mans club, which at the end was per-
forated SO as to form a red pepper box.
a. small spring in the handle opened
the box and enabled the Wie1der of
the club to blind his enemy as well as
to beat him. A second spring threw
out as fadii from the club a number of
small knife blades, which would cut
to pieces the hand of any one who tried
to snatch the club away. It was re-
FUSED patent by the examiners on
the ground 'sof it's cruelty and inhu-
m ma Another non-patentable in
yention was a 1ady's fan, in the stick
of which was concealed poisoned dag
ger.--NeW York Post.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
DECIDEDLY THE REVERSE.

I Uncle Wellington de Bergh, retired
English merchant, who occasionally
came to visit his relatives in this coun-
try, was an enthusiastic bieyclist, not
withstanding his age, which was over
20. a .,[ Sesz:.,t r.. r.
His other passion was fondness for
Walkers Dictionary, which, he main
tanned, was superior to all others, of
whatever date, and he seemed to know
it by heart. @ 7 2$< 80 Il If
~ Your uncle" said a caller one day,
appears to be a walking cyclopedia. -
''On the contrary" responded one of
Uncle Wellington's American nieces,
he's a cycling Walkerpedia..'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
STORIES From OUR EXCHANGES

The career Of Jonathan Prentiss DOL
liver the mountain boy who became 4
SENATOR, is entertainingiy described by
Cyrus Patterson Jones in Success for
March, The senator's love Of humor
lis thus deaerib bed:
Ills wit is, one OF the most at
sTactive OF his gifts He can tell 8
atory with wonderful effect. His keen
sense OF humor would have made him
20 comedian II nature had not cast his
other faculties in q more serious mold
Therefore his fun only crops out at
fiSs es. 3s
When asked him when and where
ne first began 70 consider hinaseR far
znous he said:
Ny first taFm In congress gave
me my first saass OF exalkation. The
people UP In the Iowa hills had little
Sake. and fhsy named is aSSsr me. Then
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
BEGGAR.s BANK ACCOUNT

Faithful Dog Earned saS. 900 for lis
Master.
For the past ten years theater-g oers
and Other pleasure seekers who walk
ed on the Broadway OF New FORKS
Tenderloin after dark were wont to
glance aside to the curling at. the at
i tenuated harmonies OF a hand-organ,
says the New York Times. The glance
showed them a ragged old man, grind
Ing out the wheezy greeting Of age to
youth. but it also showed q grizzly
haired dog hard by, with basket halt
full Of coin in his mouth: The men
who vi. saw it merely grumbled Pshaw!
Only q hand organ beggar. Probably
worth more than am. 49, But their
feminine companions were not to. be
put of in that wise. But look at the
faithful dog" they would cry. And
the result was that the dogs basket
became heavier every moment that he
was on duty. It was the tribute Of
woman to the dog. u
~ Now, mind, !" the male escort would
say, q do it simply out of ssgard for
the dog. Several days ago Broadway
missed the dog. broadway wondered
and then speedily forgot ali about it.
The dogs home was In the tenement
house, 402 West Thirty eighth street,
where a Week ago he died. His master,
since dead, the neighbors say, starved
both himself and the dog to death. The
dog is dead and the neigh orhood
knows not his name, but there is left
to guard his memory q noble monu-
ment. The savings Of the master that
the dog earned amount to something
over SEE, 900. 1850 III. 81.
Timothy McGrath was the dogs
master. For years he lived in a small
room in the tenement in Thirty eighth
street. OF late, since the death of the
dog he himself had been ailing, and
James Brown, a tailor, who had his
shop on the ground floor; had been
accustomed to do the smeager shopping
OF McGrath. 3s3S5 5.
Yesterday morning, as usual, Brown
went up to the top floor, but could get
no answer to his knockings.z A police
man finally broke in the door. Nc
Grath was dead. The ambulance sur
geon said that lack Of proper nourish-
ment was the cause. In tin box Sc
creted in the room they found two
bank notes, one on the Emigrants'
Savings bank, and one on the Bank
for Savings, showing to sMcGrath's
credit SIS, 900. There was also the
deeds for a house on Fortieth street,
Griffith avenue, q life insurance pol
Icy, and deeds for a lot and monument
in Calvary cemetery. S g. n, " szts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11

LETTERS POURED IN ON ME"
- new pogtuaRce was named in my
honor, and a colored woman named her
baby after me. I began to think OF
Engaging a niche in some temple OF
fame. Is |..*ls4 W &G~%Z+-&
But, in my second term, I was
disil UNSIGNED. A climatic disturbance
dried up the lake, free delivery wiped
.sslt thu Dsstnffice. and the child died
--Aad I found myself back at the very
pIacs Whmce started
"A fBw yHarB ago Mr.. DoIliYer was
invited b dsiyer lecture In ST. Paul
end M a MINI, before the
Young Mems Christian association ~
-sssa1rn. In each city the hall was
crowded. scans l,5DO young men at
handling His topic, was Chances for
Young Men n vi
That said he to me, was Ia
vorite topic with me- As In the case
on your own publication, I believed In
young men, and liked to talk with
them, knowing full well that If. one
can stir them up to energy and ann
bition he Is doing grand work in: the
world l5 s IS
Well, have not changed my opin-
ion since the delivery Of that lecture,
but, when / got back to Washington
TO resume my congressional duties, a
week later, began to hear from those
particular young men. Letters began
TO pour in on me. They came in
punches Of two and three, then in doz-
ems, and finally in basketfuls. Every
st. Paul and Minneapolis young man
who had heard me declare that this
is the young mans age wrote that
he fully agreed with me-and asked
me to get him a government job! . y. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
TRAIN YOUR BOYS.
Sons Should Be Orderly and Systematic
2. ar In the House. .,.l

Sons Should Be Orderly and Systematic
In the House. * ~.
! A wise mother will impress upon
her sons, as well as upon her daugh-
tiers, the Importance and comfort of
being orderly in the household. It is
usual for the mother to strive to make
her daughter systematic and tidy, to
induce her. to keep her bureau draw
ers, her closet and her room in order;
to put away her clothes carefully, and
to make her bed properly; but the boy
has all these things done for him, and,
consequently, never learns orderly
habits, unless they come to him by
nature. There is no sense in this dis
tinction between the boy and the girl.
Neatness and orderliness in regard to
ones room. and surroundings are as
essential to Well-bred man as neat
ness of person, and the boy is at a
disadvantage in whose home-training
these points have been neglected.
Mothers know that their sons are Ii
able, after they are grown, to be away
from their care for years before es-
tablishing homes of their own. 1t is
positive unkindness, therefore, to al
low them to grow up with slovenly
habits, which will cause them to be re-
garded as ill-bred by persons of re-
finement. and which will be a source
of discomfort to themselves 1t is be-
coming much more common than for
merly for men to have a knowledge of
domestic affairs. Many men would feel
it as much of a disgrace to live in the
midst of dirt and disorder, when
thrown upon their own resources, as
a woman would under similar circum-
stances. It is not unusual to find cul-
tured men who take pride in being
competent to perform the ordinary du-
ties of the household. A knowledge
of thees duties is most convenient to
any man, for in every home emergen-
cies come in which his own comfort,
and that of others, will depend upon
his ability to do the necessary things
in the right way but if such profci-
ency as this is too much to expect
from every man, mothers should see
to it, at least, that their sons, equally
with their daughters, are taught to
take that care Of their rooms and per-
sonal belongings which the require
ments Of refined living demand New
York Weekly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
LOVE s SACRIFICE.

+ The following, which, We are sure,
is an exceptional case, is narrated OF
a certain Mr.. and Mrs. Cabiff, of No
Observation-Disclosures:
:, Mrs. Cabiffs education in the art
of cookery had been somewhat neg
lected, but she did her best, and her
husband struggled manfulIy and un-
complainingly with the tough steaks
and sour bread she set before him day
after day. @ w ~. - : q
+ One morning, about three years af-
ter their wedding, she said to him:
s "Oliver, you don't love your wife as
you did once!'' sv~-,$,a ....--.. ~:
"Why do you say that?" he asked
in surprise. Es,e..
4 Because you don't eat the things
I cook any more
"Phillida, rejoined Oliver, with all
the earnestness he could command, '1
love you as fondly as ever. but my d.
gestion is ruined!" >es 5-..T&.s5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11

Congressman's. Trouble About = shave.
Congressman Mondell Of Wyoming
/ had an engagement with theatri-
cal party in Washington the other eve
ming and at the last moment dashed
out to get shaved. He found the bar
Der shops closed and, having no RAJ
zor Of his own, borrowed one from 4
friend. He almost sliced his left ear
on and now sWears that at the next
session OF congress he will introduce
Ia bill compelling barber shops to keep
open all night. 25sass
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
CHARLES SEES THINGS.

3
From the Albany Journal: AS has
been said before, Charles: is an OBJ
serving boy. Yesterday one Of mama's
friends came to the house to call.
Mama was out, and Charles opened the
door. w." 0 5.#@.. TT
Mama is not home, he said. =.
i will you please give her my card
when she comes ~ inquired the caller.
II f.. 'sYeth, ma'am,," said Charles. 4,
III The caller opened her card case, and
as she withdrew the engraved paste
board a bit of tissue. paper tluttered
down onto the steps. Very grandly
Charles picked it up and handed it to
her, saying: Z.
4 Z ":You dropped one Of your cigarette
papers, ~ .'.z IT s@&. 80
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Morse Soldiers Use the ski.

In Norway the ski is in constant use
during the winter. and the ease with
which great distances can be covered
is surprising. Peasants are thus able
to get about their work and visit
friends in far-aWay district. Sports
men, with gun on back and stick in
hand, set out in pursuit of game on ski,
and the soldiers are reduced to this
means Of getting about whea exereis-
ing. A regiment of soldiers On ski
is sight by no means uncommon in
S and around Christiania.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
A PRINTERS ERROR.

From judy Pettifer- Podge (g1anc-
Ing up from a perusal Of the Morning
NJ Us g Surely there is some mis-
take here. Catherine?
5 Mrs. Pettifer-P odge Cautiously ~
Where dear? Where? s.
Pettifer- Podge See here! The Mush-
room room says: The dress worn by Mrs.
P Petite odge last night simply beg
gars description, ,.
Mrs. Pettifer-P Well? Gre
51ievedl A ~
Z. Pettifer-Podge Shouldn't that be
beggars her husband'?? .1 SIS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
(OUNDH'T FIND THE Man

SasSss&s1sSs1S1s&s1s2sKsE SSssgtsSsIsaAssSSS
One Of those drummers who does q
good deal Of driving about the country
delights in telling about an old-time
bonifacs who runs "A country hotel
within a days drive OF Detroit, says
the Detroit Free Press.
Sharp as q tack declared the
drummer. Always as smooth as OIL
until some one tries to make q run on
him, and then he can get back harder,
faster and in fewer words than any
man I ever heard talk. 81. MI !. #
Il saw man come in there one day
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
9s Strange Railway Wreck.

# Frank Fisher awakened from sweet
dreams a few days ago to find himself
perehed high on the top of a wrecked
locomotive, amid the ruins Of a far
worse wrecked eaboose. The sudden
change from scenes Of pastures green
and babbling brooks to a winter land
scape, full of twisted iron. splinters
and kissing steam was so unpleasant
that Fisher lost no time in climbing
down from his high seat, but not be-
fore he had been painfully scalded.
This remarkable incident occurred dur
ing the wreck on the Schuylkill bridge.
on the Perkiomen railroad Fishers
escape was miraculous. He had charge
Of q car Of eleven horses, and was doz-
ing in the gig top Of the caboose when
the locomotive plunged into the rear
end Of the train, The horses were al
killed.
Imitat ionssof American products ara
being sold in Sweden IN large quaint
ties. One wholesale hardware dealer
has disposed OF q big lot OF B forks.
which are represented as American
manufacture, and which are sold ST 4
very low price.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
LITTLE LAUGHS.
THE. MAN AND THE MrcRop

THE MAN. AND THE MICROBE.
ss At this point in the fable the Man
marVeled greatly in that he had not
met the Microbe long since.
I'm what guise have you travelled.
pray?" asked the Man., r.. z'>-"" q
why, for the most part in the
guys who didn't boil their drinking
water!" replied the Microbe, candidly.
y Of course, hygienic science was des-
tined to change all this-New York
Journal. 49, =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Farewell, Gamblers.

Lewis Nixon, ex-chief Purifier, says
the gamblers have been driven out
Of New York. Lewis doesn't know
them BY sight. # he enjoyed their ac-
quaintance he would see familiar fac
es, morning, afternoon and evening
hanging out on many prominent
corners in the borough. 'Nixey, . as.
the Bowery boys used to say. The
gamblers are here vet. patiently wait
ing for another chance, which they,
know will come. New York Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
NOT ENTHUSIASTIC,

The following, from Short Stories,
recalls w. M. Hunts definition Of a
critic as somebody who stands in the
way and snubs':: S5&t
= small darby and his sister were
IN the back yard OF a wealthy south
/ e E1, house. The girl was admiring
things, and exclaimed:
Wouldn't you like. to live here?''
Son Sonny dug around the hydrant in
silence. Presently he replied: Ss u
I'M Some pretty. good fish bait here"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
TALE OF KLoNDIKE LUCE.

You SIMPLY go it blind in stalking
out q claim !. !" said a returned Klon-
dilzer, and brains don't count for any
thing.
i was with q crowd I'D there about
a year ago. We all heard that there
was gold in a certain section not far
from our camp and accordingly there
was a prompt exodus. It was case
Of first come first served. and soon
We al had our claims staked ont,
quotes the New York Mail and Elk
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
WHERE'S THE MANI ASKED
THE OLD CHAP" Ill. :.

from the city. He is all right at home,
but was feeling his oats that day, and
opended up on the old landlord by say
ing: Hello, granddad. get your frame
into circulation. Don't set around here
like a bump on a log. I want accom-
mediation for man and beast
:" Where's the man?' asked the old
chap. in a fash" .z
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
DEPRIVATION.

Smaggs-''Why, I thought Robinson
tasted through Lent. He seems to
look very fit!'' T..
Baggs-"Yes, his wife made him
deny himself her homemade pie and
angel CAKE w ....<a $780,.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11

Mother Provincial Mary Amandeus Of
Helena, Mont. she had gone to see
Pope Leo.
Kolinzuten is an inmate OF the con
vent Of the Ursuline nuns at Helena,
Nent.. an institution where nearly 500
Indian children are being educated.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
HIS Onlv Home in fife. .

He-My uncle is a strange man.
She-Why. so? IA
He-He says the only thing he's
got to live for is the hope that he'll
have a large funeral l. ~ hi. s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Counts His Toes

y .He-They say a good pugilist must
learn how to handle his feet as well
as his hands. ~ :. !. d 4. q
She-Then wonder if the baby will
be pugilist. He handles his feet all
day. @%' 's's@ - %1>
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11

you = - - 1890 771@-1- - ~
Dix never thought you would
strike a friend such a foul blow.
Hix-What do you means by foul
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11

Lucky. e
= From Pick-Me-Up Downer-I am
glad it is good form not to wear a
watch with dress suit
* Upper-Why?
Downer Because / never have my
watch and my dress suit at the same
time. y
After the Honeymoon. @s[s
Old Curmudgeon married at last)-
Well, that's my wife; what do you
think Of her? 5.=
Confidential Crony Don't like her.
at all. sd Is
Old Curmudgeon Neither do i.
#'s Handicapped. H. Is ss
Wedderly w by, !. my old friend Jack,
how are you? It's fifty years since we
were boys together # III.
Singleton -h-h-h! Don't speak SO
loud. That wealthy young widow is
in the next room. as
1t Would Seem So.
Father wonder what's the matter
with Nellie this morning? She acts
like one possessed.
Mother She probably is / noticed
a new ring on her finger when she
came downstairs.
Not Fly: Only Dirt.
From an Exchange: Angry Diner
Confound you. waiter! There's a fiy=
in my glass.
Waiter Examining glass; T.or' bless
your art, sir. that amt 4 ay; it's al
bit OF dirt.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Lucky.

Dix-Why, a hit below the belt.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-11
Almost a Knockout.

Hix-Say, old man, lend me $40, vii
Evening star., 1901-10-22
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Case of Capt. Carter's Alleged Assoc
ciates I'm SaNannah Frauds.

Among the cases called by the United
States Supreme Court yesterday was that
of Benjamin d. Green and John F.. VII
liam T. and Edward H. Gaynor of New
York, alleged associates with Captain Ober-
lin NJ. Carter, c. S. A, to defraud the gov
ernment in connection with the river and
harbor contracts at Savannah. The mat
ter came before the court on petition of
the defendants for writ of habeas corpus
which petition was denied by Commissioner
Shields of New York and Judge Larcombs
of the United States District court plea
Is advanced for the action of the Supreme
Court that the Indictment against the de-
PENDANTS Is void because of Irregularities
In the fmpaneiing of the grand jury which
returned them.
Solicitor General Richards addressed the
court at length in opposition to further de-
lay in the case.
Thursday next was set as the time for
taking the matter under advisement and
Attorney A. J. Rose, representing the de-
PENDANTS, was given permission to submit
some suggestions concerning the case
Other actions taken by the court follow:
Application for rehearing IN the case Of
Fairbank against the United States, made
by the counsel for the government. denied !;
the case of the Carnegie Steel Company
against the Cambria iron works, closed !;
denying to the Rahtgens American Compo-
use OF the words "rahtgens composition" !"
Motions for advancement were made In
the cases OF the New York state inheritance
laws and the Hanover National Bank Cf
New York against Max Meyers but no
decision rendered thereon.