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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-29
The Marquis de Mores.

TIC Marquis de Mores was strange
man, who came into the West as a
fantartic shadow out of another world,
ard tried to fashion the big, raw coun-
try after the pattern of things he
knew. 1t was his ambition to found
a great American house in the Bad
Lands. He was slain, as he slew his
man in the Bad Lands from ambush,
while leading French military expe-
dition in Tunis something more than
four years ago. His widow now ad-
vances the claim that he was the vic
tim of a conspiracy on the part of
certain French Government officials.
He is still remembered in the Bad
Lands, where his green mansion
stands lonely and weather-stained on
the bleak, slant side of treeless
butte, and his abattoir, wind-haunted
aad falling to decay, marks the low
bank of the Little Missouri. The
acres Of unprolific soil over which he
held lordly sway still bear his name.
and cattlemen smile grimly and point
out here and there fragments of the
wire fences he built. - Every Jody's
Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-29
A Foreigners Ignorance.

The American tourist is often
amused at some Of the mistakes made
by foreigners in pointing out and de-
scribing landmarks in the lower bay.
On one transatlantic liner u big Ger
man. who had exhibited during the
voyage knowledge Of many subjects.
pointed to the big white lighthouse on
Sandy Hook and said to an interesting
group of friends: "That is the famous
tomb of General Grant, close to the
sea he loved so well. The site was Sc
lected with the battling sea on one
side and the peaceful bay on the
other because it was so typical Of the
two sides of his great life. l tell you
the Americans are sentimental - New
York Mail and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-29
Death we'd Quickly.

FoXall is reckless young man. He
stopped friend in the Street, and, in
q rash moment, said:
Look here, Wiseman! There was
an argument among us yesterday as
to the way the word restaurant should
be pronounced. Some Of the fellows
held that 'rest-a-rong' was correct,
fortunes that 'rest-a-ront was the
proper pronunciation. Which do you
say is right?"
HIN! Weller - those who pro-
nounce it 'rest-a-rong' are right, and
--er-the rest are wrong" said Wise
man. whose inquest is fixed for Co.
day.-Lopdon Answers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-29
Pigeon Flying and Cycling scorching.

A peculiar side light was thrown
upon the methods adopted in homing
circles at the Northwich Petty Ses-
sions recently. Three men were sum-
moned for furiously riding bicycles at
Comberbach, and it transpired that
they were scorching along the road
to the postofIice with the object of
"wiring" the arrival of their birds.
The men, who pleaded that the hon.
ing societies only allowed them three
minutes per mile riding time. which
was equivalent to twenty miles an
hour, promised to abandon the prac-
tice and revert to foot running, and
were fined five shillings cach.-London
Globe
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-29
Bound to Find Fault.

A Court street car picked up lame
man at Harrison street the other day,
and in less than q minute 1t became
evident that the new passenger intend
ed to make kick about something or
other. He was just turning around to
face the conductor when that individ-
ual moved up three seats ahead and
said:
"Sir, 1 do not own any stock in this
road"
'No? was the reply.
"And l am not the manager"
"No?"
''Nor a division superintendent nor
tle official starter. 1 am not to blame
for open cars, closed cars, fast time or
slow time"
"Who said you were?" growled the
passenger.
81 simply conduct this one car to the
best of my poor ability, and 1 can't
even jaw the motorman."
"Well, what are you telling me all
this for?"
"Why, sir, I rather expected you'd
raise kick of some sort, and didn't
want to be blamed for what was not
my fault"
"Oh, l see. No, didn't intend to
find one word of fault with anything
or anybody, but being you've called
my attention to it let me say that
believe you'd look a durn sight better
with your ears Topped off and your
nose turned up at the end."-Brooklyn
Citizen
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-29
CHIMNEY TO ABATE NUISANCE.
Difficulties in Construction Overcome il
Bayonne, N. j.

Indirectly, the smoke nuisance from
the Jersey shore, has caused to be
erected, in Bayonne, N. j., what Is
said to be the tallest chimney in the
word. Its construction is q result of
Congressional inquiry into ways and
means of relieving Staten Island of
what has long been blot on its nat
ural beauty, and if this specially built
chimney proves successful solution
of the smoke problem it is possible
that more of It's kind will be erected
along the Kill Won Kull.
This chimney rises over the smelters
of the Oxford Copper Works. 1t is
built of brick, and is 3G5 feet high.
thirty eight feet in diameter at the bot
tom, tapering to ten feet at the top.
The wall at the ground is eight feet
thick To support this immense
weight was problem, as the soil Of
the site was found to be made ground
Of little more than oyster-shell stabil-
ity. The foundation was finally Sc
cured by the use of driven piling, each
pile supporting from ten to twelve
tons, in addition to the wind pressure.
which, blowing at the rate Of 100
miles an hour, means horizontal
weight of 100 pounds against every
square foot of exposed surface.
The gases in the smoke, to be car
ried off from the smelters, was an
ether difficulty to be overcome, since
these gases, coming into contact with
the hydrogen of the air, form sulphuric
acid, and sulphuric acid will attack
iron or any brick containing iron in
Its composition. The brick used,
therefore, had to be manufactured out
strength to the chimney's construction
the bricks were baked in the form Of
perforated, four-inch cubes.
"These perforations," explained a
representative of the Custodis Alphons
Chimney Company, "allow the brick
layers, when building the chimney. to
force the mortar into each brick one
half an inch from its upper and lower
side, increasing the space of adhesion
one-third over the ordinary smooth.
flat brick. The perforation also leaves
an air space inside Of the brick, be-
tween the two surfaces of mortar, and
air, being a good non-conductor of
either heat or cold, helps to maintain
an even temperature which is neces-
sary to carry off heavy gases"
The construction of the lengthy pile
of brick took less than six months,
while the actual building time was
about eighteen weeks. The use of out
side scatfolding was eliminated, prin-
cipally because of the cost of so much
timber. BY means Of an elevator shaft
inside the chimney, which was built
as the wall went up, working space
and a hosting contrivance were COM
bined in one. The work is now
finished, and large American flag is
flying from the top, which can be
plainly seen for miles from the upper
bay and the level stretches Of New
Jersey.
The big chimney will be hitched by
means of flues to all the smelters about
its base. Its cost was in the neigh.
borhood OF $52, ,000.-New York Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-29
SPIES IN PRISON.
Valuable Information From n Felon's
Confidence.

Valuable .
Confidence.
1t might be thought that when the
police have arrested a criminal and
obtained for him suitable term of
Imprisonment their interest in him
lapses for at least so long as he is
safely incarcerated. But such is not
always the case. Sometimes the po-
lice arrest and get convicted n man
who might be able to give them most
valuable information concerning other
crimes and criminals; and there is no
time at which a felon is more frank
than when in prison, and no person to
whom he so readily confides his deeds
in the past and plans for the future
as a fellow-felon.
In France every advantage is taken
of this, and detectives are sent to
prison-becoming for the time COM
mon jailbirds-for the express pur-
pose of meeting criminals and obtain
Ing their confidence. 1t is also done,
less frequently, in this country, and
from time to time the police secure
In this way most valuable information
which could not be obtained by any
other means.
Scotland Yard, London, has q staff
of detectives who form one of the
most mysterious bodies of officials in
the world SO mysterious that not one
person in a thousand knows more
about them than that they exist. They
are employed in cases where absolute
secrecy is required. They never make
arrests, they never give evidence in
any court-in short, they never do
anything which would imply that they
have the remotest connection with the
police. Yet they execute most i'm
portant duties. So close is the secret
kept that none of the ordinary staff
know by sight or name any of this
mysterious body Of detectives. They
are totally unknown to each other;
indeed, the probability is that the
only person who is acquainted with
them and could say how many there
are is the head Of the Criminal In
vestigation Department.
1t i3 these men who, among hun
Greds of other difficult and danger
Gus duties, have from time to time be-
come jailbirds and worm themselves
into the confidence of criminals whom
the police believe could render very
valuable information. For a famous
thief-catcher to attempt to disguise
himself in prison-dress and insinuate
his way into the trust of thieves
would, it is manifest, be the sheerest
Ctupidity; prison dress is about as bad
disguise as anyone could possibly
assume, and clever rogues make it one
OF their first tasks to learn the PEI
sonality of every Scotland Yard de-
tective.
But the jailbird who at labor yearns
to say something to someone else than
the members of the prison staff, and
blabs out that he wants a pal for a
job he means to work when he gets
out or some other equally interesting
item Of information, may, for all he
knows or suspects, be whispering in
the ear of q Government spy who IS
living like a felon simply on the
chance of eliciting the information
then being freely accorded him.
Detectives often have put before
them clues and other matters the
source of which they cannot conceive,
and not little of it is supplied to
their chief by innocent men who wear
prison-dress and eat prison fare be-
cause it is part of their duty.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-29
A Snake Chase with Fox Hounds.

Willis Adams's fox hounds chased
black snake. on SkaSgs Creek, over
mile and captured it. The hunters
were disgusted when they came Up
with the hounds to find a dead snake
instead CT q fox.-Mt. Vernon (kyJ
Signal. o,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
N!ATUR IL E VEE
HELENA, ARK, IS WELL PRO.
sss5 TEcTED FROM FLOODS. ID
Thoughtful Man Devised Scheme by;
Which He Made the River Build a
Shield s for the city-Plan Com.
T. pleteIy Successful. :.: :s~=5s'


'The most remarkable stretch of
levee in the world, and the only levee
ever constructed by the unaided force
Of nature" said an old river man, ''is
to be found at Helena, Ark. It runs
from the river back across the north
ern part of the city to -Crawley's
Ridge. It cuts off part of the fine
residence section of the city, and dur
ing extreme high water leaves this
section to the mercy of the river. FIRE.
auently the water backs into this part
of Helena to such an extent that some
OF the residents are forced to move
out. There is a cutoff in the river
above Helena, and the water comes in
through the sloughs, and would sweep
down on the main body and business
section of the town but for the inge-
NOUS levee to which have referred.
The levee is nearly a half mile long.
and runs in an almost straight line
from the base of Crawley's Ridge, i'm
mediately behind Helena, to the main
levee, which runs along the river bank
in front of the city,. It runs right
down the middle of a street, and the
top Of the levee is used as roadbed.
Vehicles are constantly running along
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Automatic Trap for Rodents

not tancied by any one Both of the
above objections are overcome in the
trap shown in the accompanying
drawing, the invention of Joseph
Chagnot of Torrington, Conn.
The device consists of water
reservoir, two bait holders and tilt
ing platform. The primary bait hold
er is located above the inclined run.
way, and the second holder over the
fitting platform. In use, the animal,
finding it difficult to get the bait from
the primary holder, will move forward
and attempt to obtain the second
morsel. In so doing he will pass be.
yond the pivoted point of the fitting
platform and his weight will cause
it to tilt and will precipitate him into
the reservoir, where the death pen.
atty is inflicted. The platform i'm
mediately resumes it's operative posi-
ton,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Six-year-old Stanley Holmes, son of
William Holmes, a yacht owner of
Anglesea, N. j., is the wonder of the
scientific world. After being sub
merged in ten feet of water for half
an hour and when every spark Of life
apparently left his body, he was COM
pletely restored to consciousness, and
three days after the incident showed
no evil effects from his hazardous ex-
perience.
Young Holmes accompanied his
father on fishing excursion. While
the yacht was returning squat
seemed near, and the occupants of the
launch decided to try to reach shore
in a row boat. The little boat had
pulled scarcely thirty feet, however,
when the storm burst and the boat
was swamped in an instant. The four
men chung to the overturned craft,
Holmes supporting little Stanley.
But the resistance of wind, rain and
merciless waves was too great and in
few minutes the boy slipped away
from his father and sank out of sight.
The storm lasted thirty minutes.
and then subsidized as quickly as it
had arisen. Holmes, unnerved and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

crying over the loss of his boy, had
only strength to swim and wade to
sand bar not far from the spot
where the boat had been overturned.
AS the water became shallower and
Holmes ceased swimming and walked
toward the sand bar his foot struck
something soft. Fearing it might be
shark he fastened to land, and
when safe turned to look for the sup
posed shark.
Then he saw the fringe of a well
known blouse just peeping from the
top of the water. 1t was the body of
his drowned boy, completely sub.
merged with the exception of the
fringe of pink blouse. Holmes quick.
ly waded in and carried the apparent
ly lifeless body to the sand bar.
Every artifce known to be of use
in resuscitation of drowning persons
was employed, but it was o'clock in
the evening, four hours after Stanley
had been brought ashore in his
weeping fathers arms, before he
showed signs of returning conscious
ness, A feeble f1utter of the eyelids,
then "a gasp, and the doctors knew
they had won the fight.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
Captive Balloon Observatory

height it was anchored; the higher up
1t was the greater would be the temp
tatlon to ascend and view the scenery.
The intention of the inventor is to
provide car of sufficient buoyancy to
carry cables of great length, with
means for drawing the balloon down
to anchor it close to the ground when
not in use. The Sas reservoir is d.
vided into sections, with an equal
amount of gas in each, and in case of
puncture in one of the sections the
remaining pockets would have sufi-
cient buoyancy to support the car un-
TIL repairs could be made.
It is already common practice to at
tach a balloon to a single cable
wound on a drum and allow a few per-
sons to ascend at a time, but the
amount of power required is much
greater than that necessary to raise
the elevator in this case. There is a
central opening in the observation
platform, through which the car rises
to discharge and take on passengers,
with single cable to operate the car.
Joseph Greth of New York is the in.
ventOr.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
Removes Chill from a Room

In spite of the fact that at this sea-
son of the year the major portion of
the country is undergoing what seems
to the residents like tropical heat,
there are many localities where the
nights are sufficiently cold to warrant
the building of fire in the crate in
rooms which are provided with them.
AS these CRATES and fire places are not
as common as one might wish for,
recourse may be had to the heat gen.
elator, shown in the accompanying
drawing, which is the idea of George
S. Chase of Springfield, Mass. The in
vention is practically radiator,
which gathers up the rising heat rays
from the flame of the lamp and dis
tributes them about the room instead
OF allowing them to rise vertically to
the ceiling. The circulation of this
heated air also produces a current
which draws the air from the room
and brings it in contact with the hot
surface of the generator, thus further
increasing the generation of warm
air. The generator is built up of
series of thin metal plates, with an
opening at the bottom for the inser-
ton of the lamp chimney. 1t is sup
ported by a vertical post and project
ing arm, the latter being hinged to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
BOYS QUEST OF KNOWLEDGE.
Youthful Inquisitiveness a Sore Trial
for Parent.

Youthful lnquisitiveness Sore Trial
for Parent.
But, father, do tell me, please,
why"
well, what is it now? I'm sure I
don't know why a good meerschaum is
like an artist, because it draws and
colors nicely; nor why mermaids
should be termed fast because they
live with the swells of the ocean: nor
why the Russian nation should he
compared with the sea because her
mobiles are swells and her people serfs.
And I don't know whether the world
resembles music because it is filled
with sharps and flats; nor whether a.
coach with drag on is like St..
George; nor why a man should be
such an utter fool as to impose upon
himself by taxing his own memory:
nor why prudent woman is like a
pin, unless it is that her head prevents
her from going too far But, Tommy.
do know that the crane, is not the
bird best fitted to lift a heavy weight
and that the whale was not termed
Jonah's tutor, though he brought him
up; and that poor old Joshua was not
an orphan, though he was the son Of
Nun. However, II, puzzles nae to think
why Ruth should have treated Boa so
badly as to pull his ears and tread IN
his corn, and why 49, -. !. -
NAv,d :, ~, n - -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

the crown Of the levee, ,bnt the stretch
is kept in good repair on the surface
and never allowed to wash. %. !: d V.
q good many years ago J. B. Miles
an old citizen Of Helena and a man
who is renowned for the close study
he has given to the Mississippi. con.
aceived the idea OF using natures force
to construct this levee. Helena is
built on slight tableland which lies
behind the ridge and the river. During
the rainy season of the year a world
OF water flows down from the side OF
the ridge, bringing with it a consid.
cradle amount of sediment from the
clay hills which tower behind the CITY;
Miles plan was to use the water flow
from the hillside in such a way as ia
wash the sediment in straight line
toward the river. During the past
twenty-five years a vast amount OF
clay and sand has been washed down
on Helena, and the quantity is espe.
clally heavy during rainfalls. Under.
standing this, Miles set to work ia
direct the forces along a certain line
He accomplished this by constructing
small system of ravines which
flowed uniformly along the line of his
proposed levee. Gradually the levee
began to take form, and now there is
no stronger levee anywhere along the
Mississippi river, and it is probably
the only levee in the world made in
such a unique way. It is indeed q
self-made levee.
Miles has always been very proud
OF the achievement, and the people OF
Helena share very largely in the pride
which he feels. 1t was a rare feat
and one which has been of untold
value to Helena, for it is the mainstay
OF the city during high water"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
And now1do let me read"
Asa Matter Of: Course;

80 AZ AZ Il Shields recently had a caller
from Chester county Il the person 81 a
PROSPEROUS farmer whose ,eagerness
for. litigation was equaled only: 81 his
ignorance q & Of legal procedure, says the
Philad elphia Times. Shields listened
70 e, the plant. and then said: z ~
q Vow, my friend, we cannot hnrrv
through this as fast 40 you seem Is
think sttgation IS necessary.
the hrst thing to be looked into
- s u - a.
81 AZ pocket book 4 know nterrupt.
IS ne Y caller Calmly reaching into lis
foreas f'Docket Tor tie wallet.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
Adjustable Book Holder
Adjustable Book Holder.

The book holder shown in the pic
ture is capable Of attachment to the
wall, tree, gas fixture or piece of
furniture, and in all cases the book
is held perfectly quiet, and when once
properly adjusted under the light
there is no variation. and the arms
and body of the reader are free to find
the most comfortable position posi-
bic. There is shelf of suffi cient size
to support an ordinary book, with a
clamp sliding on the vertical rod to
hold the book open at the proper
place. The upper part of the fixture
consists of telescoping rod which
can be adjusted to any desired length
and has hook between the support
and the crimped horizontal portion of
the rod below. This crimp permits
the adjustment of the book or paper
at any desired angle, the sliding
clamp holding the reading matter in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
Harvesting Rice in Japan.

Prof. G. G. Georgeson: THE harvest
season begins in the latter part of Oc-
tober or the beginning of November.
The grain Is then cut by hand with
siekles, tied in bundles, and carried
to the border, where it is set up to
dry. When partially dry it is carried
to the farmhouse, where the drying
Is completed and where the thrashing
takes place. This operation consists
OF tearing the grains from the straw
on an t. comb, and afterward the
grain is spread on mats and beaten
with nails to complete the separation.
Inc next step is to hull the grain. This
Is done by hand on a primitive quern.
inc millstones are made Of tough clay,
into which Is imbedded strips of bam-
boo on edge, in imitation of the cut
ting ridges OF milestone, clay and
bamboo strips being packed in a shall
low tub. Two Of these improvised
m1llstones work together, the upper
one Icing turned by hand. The edges
OF the bamboo, thus grind against each
other and offer sufficient friction to
remove the hulls from the kernel. Az
ter w1nnowtng, either by hand or by a
hooern tanning mill, the rice is now
READY Tor market. For the purpose OF
marketing, sacks are made of mats OF
rice straw, by first sewing mat into
a cylinder and then securing round
lid at either end. Each sack, or ia
Wara," as it is called, holds about one
and half bushels. Thus prepared,
the small f. mer sells his surplus to
the dealer in the city; and if one
travels in the country in early winter
he is sure to meet a succession of
handcarts loaded with rice, which the
owners are pulling to market.
While we cannot follow the methods
OF culture practiced by the japanese,
we DO lind that they have developed
numerous varieties Of rice, many OF
which are better than varieties native
TO this country. The Secretary of Az.
rlculture is aware of the excellent
quality OF many Of the Japanese va
r1et1es, and he has of late years i'm
ported considerable quantities of the
oest kinds, with view to introduce
them in the rice-growing districts OF
our own south.