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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-18
The Old SWIMMING Hole.

The Old Swimming Hole. 81
We have bathed in the warm, clear wa
ters where the Indian healed his
pain; - p i
We have plunged in glee to the wave
tossed sea and have dived in the
salty main; ."' 49,
But memory ever takes us back, with
longing in our soul, -
To jump once more as In the days Of
yore in our boyhood's swimming
hole!
Twas just below the high trestle, and
as the trains passed near
We waved wild hands from the warm
shore sands and gave them lusty
cheer
Happy young rascals were we then, play
ing thoughtless role;
For never a care could reach us there
at the dear old swimming hole!
The big boys dived from the trestle,
some ten feet high or more,
While the young ones dropped, feet
first. or hoped from the old spring.
board on shore;
And O, the thrill Of that moment when
our first high dive was made
From the trestles hight, in the envious
sight of the others who were
afraid!
How we'll we had noted the danger-the
spot where the barbed wire lay;
The glass-strewn place, and the jagged
face Of the rock where the big
crabs stay!
Over there is the sunken log; and here's
where the blood-sucker lies;
On the other bank, where the weeds
grow rank, were the snakes and
singing flies.
But O, we would love these dangers
could we only meet them today!
IT we could cheer when the trains passed
near and shout in the boyhood way!
In spite of the great green ocean there 8
Il longing in our soul
To dive once more as in the days of
yore in the dear old swimming hole!
colorado Springs Gazette.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-18
Personal Acquaintance Necessar

Governor Stone tells of an eccentric
resident of his county whose wife
died after long illness. They had
not been happy pair, perhaps; but
there was some surprise when tie
widower, replying to the comment Of
a relative that poor James gone at
last! Well, she's better off," roared:
"Yes-and so am H.
He went to neighboring village
to engage a favorite preacher to de-
liver the fune1al sermon, and was told
that his selection was no longer there,
but: had been replaced by a younger
and equally efficient clergyman.
''No!" he roared. "I'll have John
son or none! He knew her, and
knows just what to say! If can't get
him, I'll do the preaching myself"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-18
MAN WHO BUILT GALL0Ws.
For Thirty Years and Always Soaked
Moose in River,

Moose in River.
Capt. Israel Riding died here last
night and the state loses in his death
one Of it's most interesting characters.
During the last thirty years he has
built every scaffold used for hangings
and he has always adjusted the moose
and black cap about the face and neck
Of the convicted murderers.
It is not easy to compute the mum.
Der Of hangings at which Capt. Rid.
ing was present, but they were many:
He was one of the most affable men in
the state, even if the proposition does
seem trife homogeneous. He had a
few eccentricities, one of them being
to take the rope to be used at the
hanging and soak i. in the Delaware
river all through the night preceding
the hanging. He often declared he
did this that he might take the
"stretch" out Of the rope and give to
the condemned man an "easier" death,
if deaths by hanging are at any time
easy.
At the time of the Wholesale deliv.
cry here several years ago, when the
famous big Frank" escaped with sew.
eral comrades, Capt. Riding was night
warden at the jail. He was discov.
cred in the morning, sitting in his
chair in the Office, bound and gagged,
but happy. His death was sudden.
Two sons and one daughter survive
him. They live in Philadelphia. Capt.
Riding leaves an estate worth $50, 000
Newcastle (Del.C Correspondence.
Lace Makers Of Paraguay.
Making lace by hand is a we'll d.,
veloped art in Paraguay. It was taught
the natives 200 years ago by the mis-:
sionaries and has been transmitted
from generation to generation, till it
is now quite general throughout the
republic. Some towns are devoted to
making a certain kind Of Lace. In one
town of 5000 or 5000 Inhabitants al
most all the women and children and
many of the men make lace collar
cites, handkerchiefs and ladies' ties.
Another town makes lace embroidery
and others drawn-thread work, such
as center pieces, tray mats, tea cloths
and doilies. The designs used in max
ing the lace are taken from the curl
Gus webs of the semi tropical spiders
that are so numerous there. On this
account it is called '@nanduti," an In.
dian name which means spider web.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-18

toothless mouth. The knuckle of the
index finger forms the nose, above it
are the eyes, BY draping the face
with a towel we have the feature of
an old woman, especially effective
when the light is not very bright.
After little practice you will succeed
in moving the thumb Representing
the lower lip and CHM up and down,
while you sing song in a nasal voice
or carry on a conversation with the
audience in the voice of an old wom-
an. To make the audience laugh
heartily let the old woman cough and
sneeze and open her mouth wide while
she is laughing. To make the decep-
ton complete it is advisable to stand
behind sheet drawn across the room
and let the doll perform a la Punch
and Judy.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-18
Miniature Borer.

Who can bore a hole through a pin
by blowing at it? 1t is impossible,
everybody will declare; to do it you
need sharp instrument or a boring
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-18

This is one of the most compact
plans published. Absolutely no waste
space and at the same time neat and
handy. This house having frontage
OF % feet may be built on a city lot
Height of first story, nine feet; Sec
ond, eight feet six inches. Solid stone
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-18

When James relatives heard this,
they bestirred themselves and saved
the day by bringing the Reverend
Johnson on from distant town.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-18

foundation. Hall and main room of
first story finished in plain oak, with
polished oak floors. Rest of rooms
finished in white wood enameled.
The large rooms and attached clos
cts make It much admired by the Ia
dies.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-18

Fur4ace heat and modern plumbing.
In fact, this house is modern in every
detail.
Cost, outside of heat and plumbing,
$500.
John L. Nichols of BLOOMINGTON,
Ind, is the architect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29
Why She Couldn't Signal the Train.

From Judge.
The palatial express train is rushing along
with it's load of living freight. Over hill
and dale, past hamlet and city, on and on
it speeds.
But see!
Here, where a bridge should span ra-
vine. the structure has collapsed.
Near the track stands a beautiful young
woman.
With blanched face she hears the shrieks
of the whistle and the Changing of the bell.
Oh! can nothing be done to save the train
Alas, She covers her eyes with her hands
and means in great agony.
She does not make move to warn the
engineer.
On, with the speed of a meteor and the
crash of an avalanche, the train leaps into
the abyss and a cloud of smoke and steam
arises,
Soon two or three survivors climb out of
the ravine.
They now APPROACH the girl, who has been
seemingly rooted to the spot with horror.
Did you know the bridge was DOWN."
they ask.
Yves she falters.
Then why did you not signal the engi-
neer?" they further interrogate
Because" she weeps, because did not
have on red flannel skirt
Oh, when will our women cease this in
sensate slavery to fashion and custom?
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and gardens. These mountains are of in
calculable value to Europe Bleak and bare
as the tops look, it is this very cold, evil
denced by the snow upon them, which
squeezes the rain from the Winds and
through the Rhine, the Rhone, the Danube
and the Pc gives Germany, Austria France
and Italy the water that makes their la nds
tillable 1t is the Alps which furnish the
water for the great river trade routes of
Europe and which Indirectly have made
this continent the most civilized and best
part of the world. 9lK
Peddled Sublimity.
The chief blot on the beauty of the Alps
is the Swiss tendency to turn every rock
and view and every cubic foot of ozone
over to the traveller at SO much per minute
The sublimity in Gods mountains is ped
died out for a consideration. There is not
beautiful view unmarried. Every place
has it's hotel On the very mountain tops
YOU find men selling alpenstocks and pic
ture postal cards. On the Rigi was offered
a Genuine St Bernard puppy and was
shown kennels in which the Swiss raise
them to make money. out of the legend
that they sometimes rescue lost tourists. As
nard dogs have long since lost their job.
The various hospces kept by the monks
are now connected with all parts of the
mountains by telephones, and the lost party
is easily found by the crackers going from
post to post.
On the top Of. the Rigi is a big hotel. the
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running up the sides of the mountain to
give access to the beautiful views that
Mark Twain says. Every Alp has now a
ladder up It's back like a pair of suspend
ers."
One of the incest things Of the govern
ment railway system is it's general season
tickets or passes. which include all Switz-
erland. The railroad companies will sell
quarter or year which you can use for
boats of Switzerland These tickets are
sold at fixed prices and they have to be
ordered at least two hours before leaving
time. You must furnish an unmounted
photograph of yourself, which is pasted on
the ticket.
A two weeks ticket over all the Swiss
roads costs, according to class, from 81 30
to s12, and monthly ticket from SO to $50.
If you travel third-c1ass the price is $40:
second class. s14, or first-class, $50. For
three months the rates are $24, S34 and S4S
and for the year, $50, $S4 and $3.50. This
means that for s120 you could start in on
January and keep travelling day and night
on Swiss trains and steamboats,, with the
very best accommodations. until December
81 without extra charge. Sucn tickets are
sold to any one who asks for them.
American Cars.
/ like the Swiss railroads. The cars are
about the same as ours. There is a pass
ageway through the center, with doors at
each end. The seats of the second class are
upholstered in velvet. they are clean and
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Rigi-kuln. where you can get dinner for
a dollar and full board for about So a day,
and there are other hotels scattered from
the bottom all the way to the top. If you
go to sleep at the top you will hear the toot
of Alpine horn half hour before sun
rise, waking You up for the view. and
throughout the day piper plays to the
tourists and comes around and pokes his
tin collection plate under your nose for PEN
MES. At every step you meet pretty Swiss
girl in a white cap, who inveigfes you into
buying pressed flowers and edelweis, and
the picture postal woman has her stand at
every beautiful point, with half-tone re-
productions of the same, which she offers
you for two cents apiece.
A. Big Business in Postal Cards.
Indeed, the postal card business is fast
becoming an important one all over Europe.
There are thousands of stores on the con-
tinent which sell nothing else, and in Swift
zerland you cannot travel five miles without
seeing postal card stand. Postal cards
are sold at the railroad stations, at the
drinking places, at every hotel and restau-
rant and even in the post offices them
selves.
I mean by this there are stands in the
post offices, separate and apart from the
stamp windows, which sell cards bearing
pictures upon which you must put an adj
ditional stamp before they can go. Such
cards are found in all the department stores
at reduced prices, and boys and men peddle
them about the streets. In Geneva saw a
woman pushing cart which was loaded
with such cards, and while eating my din
ner at restaurants outside the hotel FREE
quently have a man drop down package
Of cards on the table, telling me to look
them over and see if 1 don't want to buy.
These cards have half-tone engrayings of
the public buildings and views of the vicin-
ity. Some bear the coat of arms of the
town, as in Berne, where the bear is the
mascot for everything. Some, beautifully
colored, represent the types and costumes
of the neighborhood. Others are comic, and
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The Passing of the Squirrel.
the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Fashion has put its mark of approval on
squirrel skins. and thus the seal of doom
has been set ON the squirrel. Already, it is
said the visible supply of little gray and
red pelts in the United States has been ex-
hausted and Europe is being called upon
tho supply the squirrel fur for the Ameri-
can market. The seal, the otter, the mink
and the beaver are going, the silver fox
has gone and now every trap in the land is
to be set and every gun shotted that the
squirrel may go the way of the rest. For
future generations the time-honored ques-
tion of whether the hunter goes around
the tree and the squirrel or the tree alone
must needs be changed by the substitution
of something else for the nimble squirrel,
who knows enough to keep the bole of the
tree between him and the man who Is after
his life. The chatter so like the cracking
of frosty boughs that came to us from the
top of the shellbark tree viii come to US no
more. The woods will lose one OF their
chief attractions. But what matters 1t, for
must not my lady be kept warm And If
the seals are dead why, then, there are the
squirrels?
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comfortable. The windows are IN brass
frames, and they can be dropped down out
of sight when yof wish to lock ont. IN
express trains have dining cars, called
wagon restahrants.'' and the dining car
porter comes through and calls out that
dinner is ready III French, English and
German. TheoSwiss roads are well ballast
ed and well Kept. The tracks are watched
for avalanches and Iandsldes, and ut every
crossing stanas sbareheaded girl, with a
red flag, to warn an that the train is COM
ing. AT every station you find from dozen
to a score of hotel porters. in livery. each
bearing the name of his hotel on his cap.
Up the Rigi by Rail.
These notes ARE written at Lucern, under
the shadow of the iPilatus and the RigL L
went across the lake to vitznau the other
day and took "a ride to the top of Mount
Rigi on one of the first of Switzerland
mountain lines 1t is built on The same
principle as that up Pixies Peak. The cars
are open. and they are pushed by a little
engine behind.
The views are magnificent. There are nc
sides to the cars, and you rise slowly above
Lake Lucern, which flows in and out Ike
a mighty river through the mountains you
are climbing. Now the view is hidden by
trees, tall, lean naples wall the sides OF
the tracks and the banks are covered with
dandelions daisies and red clover.
Higher up the lake view widens, noun
famous islands rise out of the water like
green monsters rearing their heads. Mount
Pilatus comes into view. Its sides are gray
and hoary and the snow in it's crevices
marks the wrinkles in it's withered old face.
You crawl along ravines with precipices
hundreds of feet below you.
The View From Rigi.
The snowy range of the Alps broadens as
you go upward, and at last you reach the
top, with one of the most beautiful views
of the world spread out before YOU Just
below is the Lake of the Four Cantons,
with a score of Swiss cities and villages
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some are fancfully artistic. Some, espe-
cially those of France and Germany, are in
decent, and of such a character that they
would not pass through our mails, but
others are as beautiful as chromos and
suitable for framing. The cards sell from
one to ten cents. Some in sets and
others single. Such cards are now made
in every country, and you can buy Ger
man, English, French and Italian cards
almost everywhere. The most of the cards
have little more than place for the stamp
and address upon them, the other side being
given up to picture, with only room for
one or two lines in writing The card
saves the trouble of writing letters to your
friends, and at the same time enables you
to show that you remember them.
A Source of Government Revenue.
1 have said that the business is big one.
1t brings the government of Switzerland
more than a half million dollars a year in
extra stamps. The country uses about 49,
100000 postal cards for internal commune
cations and 100000 for the foreign mails.
This at two cents apiece brings in an an
nual revenue of $40, 600, and the cards sell
for at least that much more. The people
here use more postal cards in proportion to
their number than any other nation of
Europe
Switzerland has as good postal service
as YOU will find anywhere. 1t has about
10000 post offices and about 1000 letter
BOXES. ana II QeNVefS mail TO the very
tops of the Alps. The postal service does
many things that our officials would not
think of doing. 1t acts as banker and ex-
press company for the people. 1t viii col
lect your bills for You and bring the money
to the house. If you live in Switzerland
and a man owes you, say, S. all you have
to do is to send him bill for the amount
in a sealed letter with a word or two to the
post office on the outside of the envelope,
and in addition a two-cent stamp. This
stamp pays the post office for its trouble
in collecting and delivering the money to
you. The charge is / per cent of the
amount collected. If the bill is $40. you
paw 10 cents. and If $50, 80 cents, and for
this the money will be collected in any part
of Switzerland. If payment is refused
however. the government will not enforce
the collection.
After the same manner all sorts of goods
sent out c., o. d. by the stores and
farmers. You can order goods of any
store in Switzerland, and the postman will
bring you the package and send back the
money. Farmers forward their butter and
chickens through the mails, and l know
of two American conSulS who thus order
live turkeys. chickens and ducks. Consul
Iieberknecht of Zurich got his last years
THANKSGIVING turkey from Austria through
the mails and sent back the money in the
same way, and Consul Frankenthal gets
all his fowls from the lower Danube. They
are shipped through the post office and the
and return the money to the Hungarian
farmers who raise them. If this could be
done by our post offices what an opening it
would give to the American farmer in the
direct sale of his products to the con-
sumers. FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29
"Took It" Literally.

From Medical Talk.
Once upon a time very nervous man
called on his physician and asked him for
medical advice.
Take a tonic. and dismiss from your
mind all that tends to worry you,' said the
doctor.
Several months afterward the patient re-
ceived a bill from the physician asking him
to remit SIS, and answered it thus:
Dear doctor. l have taken a tonic and
your advice. Your bill tends to worry me,
and so | dismiss it from my mind
Moral-Advice sometimes defeats it's
piyfr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29
Optimism in Georgia.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
What's de use in appntin mo- colonies
in Georgia Wen dem what we got already
amt got standin' room ter admire deyse'f
in?
Wen man starts ter run fer Office hits
most inginruly wild de idee dat him en- de
Lawd is erbout all dat kin save de country
Hits mighty good thing fer folks what's
always growin' at de world dat de world 8
too busy ter talk back at EN-.
I don't lose time studyin' bout how fur
off heaven is: but what kind err a race
gwine ter make fer 1t is what bothers me-
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dotting it's shores, and all about you, wailing
the horizon are the mighty Alps, giving you
a view of mountain grandeur at least 120
miles long. The peaks of the Alps are COW
cred with snow, and the snow lies in drifts
and masses in the rocks. III places it has
formed mighty glaciers, great rivers of ice,
which are slowly but imperceptibly flowing
toward the valley below. You are SO high
that everything is dwarfed. The steamers
upon the lakes look like toy boats, the
barns and houses of the peasants have
dwindled to the Noahs arks of the toy
stores, and the great hotels are dwarfed
into cottages.
What place for meditation The gran
deur of the mountains is indescribable, and
Won can appreciate the feeling of the cow
boy who coming into Switzerland at night,
awoke to find himself surrounded by these
nightly hills. He gazed and gaZed, with
tears in his eyes, and at last threw up his
hat and in stentorian tones cried out, 'Hur-
rafl for Godi'
What the Alps Do for Europe.
The Alps have a beauty of their own
which in many respects surpasses that of
the HimaIayas or the Andes, although the
latter ranges are more stupendous in their
grandeur 1t is only the tops of the Alps
that are bleak and bare. The valleys are
covered with verdure, and there are nests
everywhere in the hills good for pastures
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-04-10
Notice to the Public

Mr.. J. V. Azevedo. who lately open
ed tamale house near the depot this
city wishes to state that the tamales
he has been selling are not made by
him personally but hereafter from Ap-
Ri 4th, he Will attend to the making
Of them personally and they can be
had at all hours. Mr.. AZeyedo has
been in the tamale business in Reno
FOR the past four years and was the
first to make a success Of the business
during the summer. He viii endeav-
or to Go the same in this city. The
parties running the house in Reno
learned the business from Mr. Az
eyedo and ard he still retains an il
terest in the. business there. The
house viii be run in first class style
and the public in general are cordial
ly invited to give him a call 1w
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-04-10
Ali the Same Price

Wall paper of the latest variety is
now being shown at the Fox store.
Il is direct from the factory and gives
the Carson people q chance to keep
UP with the times in the home decor
alton line One Of the best features
in the new stock is the greatly reGuc-
ed price OF that Of other years and
another feature is the price OF the
wall. ceiling. and borders are al the
same price. When TIE price OF Dor
der vas double that Of the wall and
the ceiling it made papering a lux
ury. All the new designs are exhi-
bited and the prices compete with the
catalogue figures that are offered by
others. The public is invited to ex-
anime the full line that is shown
and they will find that the prices are
in keeping with the times The Fox
Store certainly has the finest line OF
wall paper ever shown in this city
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-04-10
Quaint. Queer. Curious
QUAINT OTER OTuROTS

4 AIM QtER CURIOUS.
The late Col. John Cockerell. in the
Cosmopolitan Magazine said, There
are three unique cities in America and
one Of these is Salt Lake City All
Ticket Agents in the West are able to
sell through tickets to the East by
way Of Salt Lake City and the Rio
Grande Roulette Scenic Line of the
World. Stopover privilege is allowed
on tickets via this route at Salt Lake
City, Denver or any intermediate point
The route carries the passenger by
and through the very heart of the
Rocky Mountains, amid the grandest
scenery on the continent Through
Sleeping and Dining Cars to Denver,
Omaha, Kansas City, st. Louis or
Chicago. For folders, rates, etc, ap-
ply to Geo. W. Heintz, Asst General
passenger Agent Salt Lake City il.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-04-10

Il your diamonds need re setting
take them to c. w. Friend He
makes a speciality OF this kind Of work
For rent or sale-An eight room
house, partially furnished; good local
ity. Inquire OF Dan Quill at Walsh
store.