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The Iola register., 1901-10-18
WITH A sToP TO IT.

Our Morning Guide: Come in and
take sip of something good, said
bloated old Jack Sanders to Tommy
Bristow as he was passing the saloon
door on his way to school.
"I'm temperance boy" answered
Tommy, land I've signed a pledge
neither to touch. taste nor handle" "
"Oh, that's all right" answered
the old topper; you can take glass
of beer or wine and still be temper
ance man. You don't need to keep
on drinking until you're a drunkard.
That's all nonsense. You can take
drink and stop right there"
"If they have that kind of LIQUOR in
there" answered Tommy, who was a
bright little fellow for his years. 81
don't know that I would mind taking
a glass, just to see what it tastes like.
You are sure they have that kind, are
your"
"What kind" demanded Jack.
"Why, the kind that has the stop in
it. I guess not many OF the men of
this town have ever drank that kind.
They drank the kind that had keep
OIL. But if you've got the kind in
there that has stop to it I'll go in
and take a glass.
Jack Sanders hung his head. He
knew what the boy said was true, and
that the nonsense was all on his side
talking about taking drink and
then stopping when he felt like it. The
trouble was he didn't please to stop,
nor did any of the others. And
Tommy was exactly right. 1t isn't
safe for any boy, or man either, to
take the first drink until some one in
vents the kind that has stop to it.
The Iola register., 1901-10-18

Judge Noah Davis, who was a score
of years on the bench, says that eighty
per cent of all the crimes that came
before him would not have come but
for the traffic in alcoholic liquor. He
also declares that of the crimes in
volving personal violence certainly
three-fourths are chargeable to intoxi-
cants. Judge Davis also says that
The saloons create nine-tenths of the
criminal courts"
The Iola register., 1901-10-18
". G. 7. U. COLUMN.
THE MAD DOG.

American Issue: On the main streets
of a certain city a citizen tied mad
dog with long tether. AS the people
passed many were bitten and soon
showed signs of hydrophobia. Then
the citizens said: 1--WE must found
hospital and fit it with the most APP
poved apparatus for the cure of hyd-
rophobia." While it was building a
man said: "Why build a hospital?
better kill the dogl' "Kill the dog"
exclaimed one of the wise men, "don't
you know, sir, that that man pays
we'll to keep that dog there?"
The dog is the liquor traffic.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
The Meanest Woman.

1--we heard "a good many Stories
about the meanest man. said Mr.
Peekham, as he looked furtively
AROUND to make sure that no one was
present who might carry tales to his
wife, ''but nobody has ever had any
thing to say about the meanest wo-
man. know her. His companion,
being man ltof sound judgment, pre-
ferEed not to take any part in the
poor fellows domestic affairs and pre-
tended not to be interested. But Mr..
Peckham went on: She lives around
the corner from us and makes her hus-
band send work to the Office that he's
sick about once a week, so he can stay
home and look after the babies while
she goes shopping. Then she finds
fault with him because he isn't work
ing his way up and getting his salary
increased..'' s5a1 f.ess 5$5 rfg
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
FOR ~ NJ -EElN md HON b
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
.ss AND MAJ S. N n
y Value Of the y Ola Maid MANY Ho,m,,es
5s Are IRE ne Made HAPPIER BY the Old Maid
84z Whose Life Has Been 81 sacrific
Daring Enects in furnishings. IL
~ VALUE OF OLD MAIDS,

= ~ 81
sN Certain lives seem destined TO- ex-
sercise the noblest self -control and the
I most most surprising self-effacement with
out adequate acknowled gment, says
the New York Evening Post, The POI
!. sition is anomalous; the inclination
set set aside is only known to the heart
which never permitted itself to speak
It's wish aloud and the work would
fall from its high level of human en-
deavor IL performed IN the light Of
day, where it could be praised OF
men, y ia # 81 s Nc III s. ~ s.-#
In many a home, that woman of va
T1ed endowment, the maiden aunt,
plays her quiet role of unrecorded and
most valuable service, and her bene-
hcciaries are scarcely aware of her sac
rifice of time or personal enjoyment,
or OF the check she has to put to her
individual preferences or opinions in
order to carry out the family rule,
which often she does not approve or
sympathiZe with. She is ever ready
to take the helm when illness or abb
yield it to other hands. Z. - Is
Her Charities. ,.'
1t she has an independent income,
this boy goes to college, and that girl
receives the musical education for
which she longs. Too often, even in
grateful young hearts, no inquiry Is
made as to what might have come to
her single, and in some ways, lonely
life, had she used the money to graft
fy herself. She is dear and good and
generous-they fully understand that;
but where she would have travelled
what she would have taken delight in
possessing books, pictures, a home
which was her very own, in which to
express herself-they do not think OF
dream Of these. How could she be
happier than she is?
Beside sickbed she keeps her close
and tender watch, and when the moth
er, refreshed by sleep, made beneficial
by her perfect trust in the care which
supplements her own, returns to hel
post, she sees with unjealous eyes the
| JOY with which the patient welcomes
back the best-beloved Never to be
the bestowed, and yet gladly and
cheerful1y to fill all the Offices in
which many a brave and high-hearted
woman serves her family, calls forth
the very highest type Of character and
belongs to the noblest class of human
endeavor.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
HARD WORK FOR PlLoTs.

eilnblng Up the sides Of the Great
Ocean Liners sonnssinaes ii Fatal.
If ocean STEAMSHIPS continue to grow
IN size, the pilots OF this harbor Will
need airsAtps soon TO board them, says
the New York Press. It Is as nuch e
they can do to get up the vast glisten
Ina, black aides OF the great liners, and
sometimes l more. for the pilot commits
1 stoners have recorded two cases where
Pilots have dropped dead on reaching
the deck OF the vessels.
4s 4 all the front door entrances of
New York buildings were closed and
the intending visitor had to climb up
the side of the house to the fourth OF
NTH story on thin, twisting. spin
ming rope ladder. he could form some
idea OF the pleasures experienced by
the pilots when they face one OF the
big ships, with tanks towering sixty
feet above their heads. III r
And the ships do not stand like a
Aouse. They pitch and roll. Pitch and
roll No. send the pilot swinging far
away on the side of the ship like ii
pendulum. Pitch and roll No. Q bring
him back quickly, and slap! he goes
against the iron plates. AS most or
! the pilots are elderly men and inclined
TO Usefulness, the ascent of a big shiu
Is not viewed with unmixed delight
by them. i.
Alfred Baudier and John Canyin are
the two pilots who paid with their.
laves for boarding big ships. In each
case they dropped dead almost On thu
instant that they reached the deck
baudier had his hand stretched out to-
grasp that OF the ships captain when
ne fell. Both had been suffering from
heart disease, and the violent exer-
ton of climbing killed them.
~. A. Nash. the quick, sharp witted
and keen-eyed secretary of the board
or Commissioners Of Pilots, has been
labor1ng for long time with the
steamship companies to provide an
improved type of ladder. The one that
| Is used commonly consists simply OF
FOUR ropes. with knots Mt intervals to.
hold the little foot ropes In place. A
person can climb up on these ladders,
but so can person stand on his head.
There are. however, occupations more
comfortable than either of them. %%
A favorite idiosyncrasy of the COM
mon rope ladder is not only to sag TIC
one side and then the other. but i.
also writhes like serpent with indi-
gestion. Then usually, when the pilot
is half way up, the thing adds new
trick to the others. It begins to twist.
| Sometimes it twists slowly, sometimes
it twists SO fast that it spins like d
| top. S
It happens so often that a pilot is
thrown while mounting one Of these
things that it is the invariable rule
| for the yawls to shoot away from the
side OF the ship as soon as the pilot
has begun climbing. This is done So
| that, II he falls, he shall fall into soft
water. instead of into a hard boat.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
R orx1aflces IN History
of NotN Bile Ia
KesatxIc kians.

posed and was accepted, the marriage
i following soon after. a Washington
dispatch says that after the debut OF
Z Miss Lucille Black burn a young attache.
8of the Spanish embassy whose wife
has since died, became her avow ed and
ardent WORSHIP per. She married N Mr..
Lane, however, whose tragic. death
made her a widow some time ago. Ro-
mances in the Black burn family have.
not alone been confined to- the present
generation. Senator Blackburn's ia
Their, DR. e. M. Black burn, was the
owner Of a famous bluegrass farm, on
which were foaled horses known to eY-
cry turfman the world over. He was
the father of nine sta1wart sons and
three daughters. His friends and
neighbors were the Steels and the. Blu
fords. But, as has been recorded OF
friends and neighbors since Bible
times, differences arose. In one Of
them DR.. Blackburn lost an eye as a
trlpute to the superior fistic skill of old
Abe Buford in a debate over division
deadly in it's nature, his third son fall
ing before the pistol of young Captain
Steel in a duel brought about by the
heat of a political campaign. He left
a widow, to whom many paid court,
but the successful sutton of them all
was his younger brother, James. o.
the three sisters two were married to
the same man-General Thomas Flour
noy OF Arkansas. The elder sister}di
shortly after his marriage to her, and
then General F1ournoy pleaded his
suit with the equal success with the
younger The third sister. married
Judge Morris of Chicago, who was
known during the civil war as a cop
perhead," and was imprisoned for his
outspoken sympathy with the South
ern cause and for aiding prisoners to
escape All the brothers married. and
several of them set the example which
Senator Blackburn is now following
THAT of marrying the second time. The
people i'm the mountains near Rock
castle tell Che story of Blackburn
who came among them to pusue his
pet study of geology. He found there
a mountain maid who taught him the
lesson that he had never learned be-
fore: His eyes told him that she was
beautiful, his heart that she was good
He argued that in everything but the
place Of her birth she was the superior
of all other women, lacking but a part
! of their advantages to outshine them
all He married her, intending to take
| her back with him to his own world
but her influence proved the stronger
He settled down to the life among her
own people, and until the day of his
death, years later, was one of them in
dress, action, and thought, lost to am
bition, and content to live within the
narrow horizon shut in by the noun
tains.-Louisvllle Courier-J ournaL&
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
Her Fame
Waning...

One by one the idols of Kentucky
are slowly falling. First, the great
battleship named after the state was
christened with plain, cold water in
stead of with the red and fiery liquid
for which the commonwealth of Ken
lucky is so celebrated in song and
story. This baptizing of the battleship
Kentucky with water instead of
whisky, and which is generally re-
i ferred to- in Kentucky as the "crime
of the 18th century, was the first
great prop of tradition knocked from
under old Kaintuck But now comes
another, and if anything, a harder
blow Col. Henry Watterson, the
guardian angel of the only original
star-eyed goddess of reform, declared
in an interview at Saratoga Springs
recently that he had not seen a horse
race in fifteen years. g.
An old Kentuckian on hearing of
this statement relapsed into the follow
ing soliloquy: Shades of the old Ken
lucky home, whittier are we drifting?
In every one of the three great geo.
graphical divisions of Kentucky-viz,
the blue grass, the bar grass, and the
pennr'yal-there has always been
feverish idolatry of the trinity of Ken
tucky-good whisky, fast horses and
pretty women. But whisky was scorn-
ed, sub, yes, sub, scorned, when the
battleship .Kaintucky, sub, was christ
ened with water, sub, instead of good
old Ticker, sslth. And now, sub, Henry
Watterson, Quar- Henry, sub, the great
est man, sub, since Thomas Jefferson, {
such, and fast horses at that, sub, by
Dragging, ssuh, that he has never at
tended a horse race in fifteen years,
sub, & i, /. LIZ r. Ns@.a&. Il
The NEXT thing and somebody will
stand up and declare that the beau
ties of Kentucky squint and that
they have big feet. Then what will
there be left of the commonwealth of
Kentucky? It is rumored that Henry
Watterson, upon his return to his ma
tive land, will be calIad before
court martial and tried for heresy. If
nothing else viii take him to race
track he should be bound and gagged \
and carried out to one and made to 4
lose ali his money on the long shots.
Exchange.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
Blackburn
Z emily

When he was a boy OF 30 years, just
fresh from the college halls OF old Cen
ter, Joe Blackburn married the beauti-l
full Theresa Graham. Now a man Of
63, with long years Of public life be-
hind him and third term in the Uni
& ted States senate opening before him,
the authorized announcement Of Mr.
Blackburn's second marriage is made.
Senator Black burn schosen the widow
OF his cousin, Judge r. III. Blackburn
Of West Virginia, TO take the place left
vacant by the death of his first wife.
Mrs. Mary A. Blackburn has been a
widow for more than three years. Aft
er, the death of her husband she res
eeived a clerkship in the quartermas-
ter generals office, which she contin-
ued to I'LL until last week. She is a
woman of strong personal magnetism,
of fine presence and gracious maners,
and by her marriage. will become the
latest addition to the senatorial brides.
For q number of years the former Mrs.
Blackburn, together with Mrs. Carlisle,
;gaveadded distinction to the reputation
of Kentucky's hostesses. All three OF
her daughters made their debut in
Washington. There is something of a
romance connected with the first mar
rage of Senator Blackburn. At 10 he
was graduated from Center college. Be-
forethe day of graduation came he met
and had fallen deeply in love with The
resa Graham, the 16-year-old daughter
of DR.. Christopher G. Graham, who for
over half a century lived at Harrods~
burg. He died at last in Louisville at
the age of 100 years. When young
Blackburn left Center college he went
to Chicago for the practice of law. Re-
turning to his own ctate in a brief
time, he became volunteer elector for
John C. Breckenridge. Before the cam
paign opened he was married to Miss
Graham, and from that time until her
death, two years ago, their married life
was one of happiness, broken only by
the civil war, through which young
Blackburn, and several of his brothers,
of whom he had eight, served with gal
lantry. Throughout the whole of his
public life Mrs. Blackburn was his
stanchest supporter and wisest adviser.
Their home in Washington was one of
the centers of the social life of that
city. Of his three daughters two have
married., and in the lives of both re-
nance has played part. Senator
Blackburn's eldest daughter is the wife
of Colonel Herman A. Hall, who is a
member of the staff of General Chat
fee. Years ago she was married and
was widowed in two weeks, her hus-
band dying of rapid consumption near
Los Angeles, Cal. In her bereavement
Lieutenant Hall was ready in his sym
pathy. A year later the young lieuten-
ant was ordered to Washington, pro
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
STRANGE PROFESSIONS ADOPTED

STRANGE PROFESSIONS ADOPTED
.,-s sg.@s BY, WOMEN.
Women bread winners have chosen
strange careers for themselves in yari-
Gus parts of the earth. Their example
may inspire others, if not to adopt
like professions, to act upon the prin-
ciple which guided them to choose the
lone thing they could do that was near
at hand. $780, 9~. - =. 3d.
- For example, in Georgia a woman
mot only personally delivers mail over
a 40-mile route, riding over the scant-
Ky settled region of Montgomery coun-
ty thrice weekly during the entire
year, but manages a large farm as
we'll, doing much Of the manual la
Dor, such as ploughing, narrowing,
sowing and harvesting, and supports
by her energy and courage a family Of
four. relates the Utica Observer.
Not 20 miles from Savannah; there
resides a widow who has for the last
two years made more than comforta-
bic income as a government contrac-
tor, bidding for the removal of wrecks,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09

Among the curios in the postoffice
department exhibit at Buffalo are the
postoffiee ledger Of Benjamin Frank
lin; the report of the committee of
United States senate on the transport
tation of mails on Sunday; a postal
card which travelled around the world
In l2O days; history of the travels of
a registered letter in. this and other
countries, some old books printed in
the seventeenth century and obtained
through the medium of the dead letter
once; framed statistics of the postal
service from ITS to date: the .nagni-
tude OF the postal service of the Unit
ed States as compared with France,
Germany and Great Britain: some
old mail bags which have been cut
open and robbed, in one instance the
bag being stained by the blood .of the
murdered carrier. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09

Old Home Week is not confined to
New England. Nevertheless the re-
cent gathering Of "old settlers" to
commemorate Colorado's silver wed
ding to the Union had novel features.
Three months sojourn in Colorado.
for instance, entitled ONE ITO become a
pioneer. During the celebration a. CO.
lossal statute of Lieutenant Zebulon
Pike was unveiled at Colorado SPRINGS
Dressed in the military costume of
1906, he is represented standing on
cheyenne Mountain looking away to-
ward the greater mountain which
pears his name. Is he wond aring, per-
chance, as he watches frequent trains
lifting passengers up the once in ac-
cesslble slopes, how "Pikels Peak or
Bust!' was ever synonymous with SUI
preme courage and endurance?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
.anchoring Of buoyg, building Of ietties


achoring OF buoys, building OF jettisa
and dredging.
Few persons riding over the New
London Northern railway are aware
that the company employs the. only
woman train dispatcher in the world.
Her respo possibility is great. her hours
from o'clock ii the morning to 9 IN
the evening, her duties continual
nervous and mental strain. Recently
the directors OF the road complimented
her u Is. upon her efficient service, and II
is 2 pleasure to add she receives the
same comp ensation paid the men oc-
:cupying similar positions.
a Virginia girl has made . wide.
spread reputation, as well an good
bank account, as a trainer Of saddle
horses. "a b XII Il. s& #6
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09

A pair of Kansas lovers the other
> day went to Iowa to escape the law
which forbids the marriage of first
cousins. The same day in a Kansas
town couple from Colorado took adj
vantage of a. Kansas law which per-
m1ts divorced person to marry after
the lapse Of six months These cases
led the. Kansas City Journal to sug-
gest that the states send ambassadors
to each other with power to negotiate
treaties through which uniformity in
marriage laws might be seemnseH.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09

The Engineering and Mining journal
calls attention to the fact that the
united States treasury NOW holds in
round figures $4,000, 600 in gold,
which is the largest accumulation of
the yellow metal anywhere in the
world at present. Not all of this, how
ever, is actually at the disposal of the
treasury, only So, 100000 being inc1ud-
ed in its current cash assets. The sum
of $15o,00o,oo0 is by the present law
held in the redemption fund. which
the treasury must hold against the
outstanding greenbaeks and United
States notes, while the balance OF
S296,ooO,0O0 is on deposit only, and is
represented by gold certificates in cir
culation.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
.Keufucky's Historic
idols Slowly
Failing.

habitants. Then follow Ireland with
13, England with SO, Germany with
81, and Sweden with II. There are
100000 dogs in Germany, 100000 in
Russia land 100000 in Turkey. though
tourists who have resided in Constan.
tfnople aver that this number falls
short of the actual total, which they
think to be larger in Turkey than
elsewhere. In France there is dog
tax and every dog is registered, a con
dition which makes the computation
comparatively teasy in that country
The number 'of dogs in the United
States is estimated at from 100000
to 100000. ..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
CAN SHE DO 1T AND LIVE,

:: Oneof the most dangerous and thrill
ing feats ever attempted by hui
man being is scheduled to occur on
Sept Is next, when Cora Beckwith, a
slim English girl, who is now doing
swimming feats In the Pan-American
exhibition, will. according to her own
announcement, throw herself into
the Niagara river, at the head of the
Whirlpool rapids, In the firm belief
that she will emerge at the other end
alive and well. ~ NJ @.t',
If she succeeds she will have accom-
plished what was never done before.
says the New York Telegram. Swim
ming experts declare she cannot make
the trial and live. + p.
Cora Beckwith says she can.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
OF pink crepe, embroidered in black,
with fine white tucked mousseline de
sole. Black velvet trimmings.
DARING EFFECTS IN FURNISHINGS,

DARING EFFECTS, IN FURNISHINGS
I'm my country cottage" said 8
woman one day, IT tried all sorts Of
daring effects in furnishings. Those
that are pleasing after use I Otter
transplant with success to my city
home. For example, two or three sum.
mers ago we rented a cottage in which
the dining room was dull and dark,
says the New York Evening Post. 81
got pot of white paint, together with
the owners consent, and painted The
woodwork, the chairs, and table white
with the effect that the room became
perceptibly brighter. If I could have
changed the wall it would have beer
lighter still.
my city dining room had long dis
tressed me because of it's want Of light
and that autumn I boldly trans.
formed it. The walls 1 had papered
in! a striped white paper, painted the
woodwork white, and put a white lin.
oleum on the floor. The furniture was
too handsome to tamper with, for il
is mahogany, in a simple colonial
design, but the white background eff
GENTLY did the work of Frightening
the room to the most delightfully."-
cheerful point
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
/: GaterpilIars as Food,

In many parts Of Africa and in port
lions of Central and South America
the caterpillar is regarded as del
/. sicacy. Travellers. who have been pre-
vailed upon to taste them pronounce
them palatabae. In Australia the lar
vac Of the longi cornes or horned cater
pillar are much sought after as food.
They are found in the interior Of de-
$caying trees. The Larvae from each diff
ferent species Of tree have their own
distinctive flavor. ~ Many na.,ves eat
them raw, but certain civilized tribes
prefer them fried.