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The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24
What rs tho Truo Woman

Perfect. woman, nobly planned, tor
warn, to comfort and command" des-
cribed by Wordsworth as the ideal Of
his age, meets with various definitions
at the dawn Of the twentieth century.
Kipling called her in ''The Vampire y
"a rag and a bone and a hank Of
hair,' but this has not been accented
as the last word. Maeterlink is rath-
er nicer, when he speaks of her as
:'the only mystic Meredith saws
tLat by virtue of her abundant hair
she is more of vegetable than man.
Isobel Osborne Stevenson, the step
daughter OF Robert Louis Stevenson
voiced one notion of womanhood at =
tea given in her honor by Professo,>
Eugene Lamb Richards Of Yale She,
had spoken of Mrs. Stevenson as
about the perfect woman Some one
asked if she could write. NO, was
the reply. A fire Of questions develop
ed>the admissions that Mrs. Stevenson
was not peculiarly gifted in any ar
tistic direction, and that she had No
great interest in charities or women,s
clubs. Just. what is your mothers
speciality" finally asked a young tn
tors wife. "oh,'' replied Mrs. Strong
"she can roll cigarettes and talk to
men.'' ' - ~ ~. -. - @>:#E >&5@a*SS1.2.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24
METHODS OF TRADE IN ABYsSiNiA.


Commerce Carried on in Very Prim-
tive Manner
The market for the reproducing
region of Abyssinia is at Medic. Gold
washers bring the metal in dust and
nuggets from all corners of the coun-
try, pressed into large quills closed
with morsel of wood. The holders
are so transparent that the precious
powder is as easily visible as though it
were tube of glass. The washer sells
the produce to broker, who works it
into circles of pure gold of about the
thickness of a heavy finger ring. These
circles are not closed, so that the buyer
may twist them before Weighing. thus
assuring himself, upon finding them
malleable that no copper has been
mixed with the pure metal. The brok-
ers sit bent over, in long files, with
their small scales in their hands.
A kind of cotton goods manufactured
in the United States, which is called
'aboudjedide" and bears the mark Of
Ia camel, serves in country districts of
Abyssinia as money, being used for
clothing, tents and many other pur-
poses. A piece of this material thirty
yards long, the average price of which
is 81, generally sold to retail dealers in
lots of twenty pieces, is token by
which Abyssinian coffee is purchased
in the regions of production. The
change in the price of American cot
tons has Obliged the Wholesale mer-
chants to increase in Abyssinia, as
elsewhere, the price of "a bale of this
material serving as money. In1medi-
ately the price of coffee rose at the five
centers of production, but when the
native farmers reached Harrar, the
commercial center Of the country, ex-
pecting to sell their coffees at the
higher price imposed by the increased
value of American cottons. they found
themselves face to face with the fall
ing prices which beset all the coffee
markets in the world. This caused
much hardship.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24
COSMOPOLITAN NEW yoRx CITY.

4I
Steady Increase Ia Percentage OF Native
p Americans.
The cosmopolitan character OF the:
population of New York city is admit
ted by-all, and has frequently beer
commented upon. Considering the con.
slant great inflow Of immigration it is
impossible that the people could be
otherwise than very mixed. Notwith:
standing that, however, the last cen.
sus shows that there is at same cine
steady increase in the percentage OF
native American population. When
the census Of 1890 was taken the prof.
est Of Greater New York was yet un-
der discussion. The total population,
OF what is now the Greater New York
was then, in round figures, 2,460, 900.
the number of native born inhabitants
being 100000, and of foreign-born in
habitants 100000. The percentage of
forelgn-born inhabitants was 1920. By
the new census figures, just published,
the population of New York city,
a'437,202, and is thus divided: Native
oorn inhabitants, 2,167,122, and for
e1gn- born inhabitants, 100000. The
1ore1gn-born population Of New York
city mas Increased 100000 in ten years,
ana the native-born population in the
same period has increased $4,000.
nearly twice as much. The percentage
OF foreign-bo inhabitants in 1900
was 1896, OF one and a quarter Der
cent less than in 1900. Ten years ago
there we're $4,000 Russians in New
York, now there are 10000, a gain of
l00,Go0. Ten years ago there were 50,-
O0O Italians in New York, and now
there are $4,000. Those of other ma
uonalities increased during the decade
as follows: Poles, from 5000 to $4,000;
Hungarians, from $4,000 to $1,000;
SWedes and Norwegians, from $4,000 to
4V,ooo; Bohemians, from 5000 to 49,
ooo, and Chinese, from $500 to 5000.
Germans now form the largest foreign
born element in the city. The English,
scotch and French again did not in
crease their numbers during the dec
ade, while the proportion CT Irish was
actually less in 1900 than in 1890. Dur
ing the decade new colonies were form
Ell OF Canadians, Roumanians and Sy-
rians
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24
Remarkable Cork Output.

The production Of cork in the world
estimated at 1000 metric. tons (a$$me-
trio ton equals 2,2o4 pounds avoirdu-
pois), Ifs confined to Portugal, Spain,
France, italy and North Africa (Tun:s.
Algeria and Morocco): The area Of
hrench< forests, including those in.
North Africa, really producing cork is
more than one half OF the total extent
Of cork forests. These forests are com
posed mainly of cork trees, intermixed
with. pines and evergreen oaks. rho
demand for 60 cork Increases from day IS &,
day, and it is added that France, the
United King donl, Germany, Russia and
the United States absorb IS per cent:
of the total pro duct on OF cork.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24
NINE: PATHS GOSPEL OF HEALTH.

Great Prima Donna Lays Down Some
Reasonable Rule;
The following is printed as the
famous prima donna's code:
ITO be healthy is the natural state.
and disease is, in nine cases out Of
ten, our punishment for some indls-
cretion Or excess.
Every time we are i'll it is part OF
our remaining youth which we sguan-
der. Every recovery, whether from
headache Or pneumonia, is accomplish
ed by the strenuous effort of vitality,
and is therefore a waste of your capi-
tai of life.
Therefore, don't let yourself be i'll.
'Fhe best plan to avoid illness is to
live regularly: simply, with frngality
that stupid persons alone will seem
painful Or eccentric.
Sleep eight hours in every twenty
four. e.
'Ventilate the rooms in which you
work and sleep. Very few people, even
among those who think they are
we'll up in modern ideas, have any con-
ception of what ventilation means
Even when my voice was the only
thing had in the world I slept with
my windows wide open, summer and
winter, and never caught cold in that
way.
Examine seriously into your list OF
social obligations, have the good sense
to recognize that there is neither
pleasure nor profit in most of what
you regard as essential in that line,
and simplify your social life-simp1ify
it all you can.
Make your home pleasant place
cheerful, but we'll within your means.
Drink nothing but water or milk
especially drink lots of water. You
can never drink too much Of it.
"On the other hand, remember that
alcohol is a poison which does untold
damage within you; that beer, wine,
coffee and tea are poisons, too Shun.
all of them as would diluted vitriol.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24
WONDERFUL eRowTHoF OKLAHOMA
In That Territory tho Rich Soil Is AT.
| tracing Thousands Of Settlers.

IN That Territory tho Rich Soil Is At
tracing Thousands Of Settlers.
That portion of the west comprised
in Oklahoma and Indian Territory is
the center OF interest for the ever
present emigration movement =. that
marks American civilization. The
states to Tie north and south have
been drained Of their surplus popu-
laticn for de :ade to build up these
virgin lands, but the process is not
complete. The land Offices of Okla
homa, outside of the newly opened
reservations, have done during the
last summer, the largest business in
years.
Western Oklahoma lands that were
considered fit only for the herder are
being taken for small ranches, and
the cattlemen are nervously watching
the destruction of their barbedzwice
fences by the advent of the man with
the plow. Indeed, this is the only por-
tlon of western land outside the irri-
gated areas that can be secured for
new settlement. While vast tracts are
yet open to homesteading in other
parts of the west, they are the refuse,
the arid, rough or worthless claims
undesired Dy the settlers of the las.
three decades.
Little wonder, then, that the virgin
lands Of the Indian Territory, capable
OF producing a bale and half of cot
ton, seventy bushels of corn or forty
tive bushels Of wheat per acre, should
be in demand; or that Oklahoma
farms, with ALMOST equal fertility, and
which are to be suhdivided and rear
ranged to suit the development Of the
country and the increasing population.
should attract both settlers and invest
ors.
Peopled to larger extent than al
most any other part of the union by
native American stock, says a writer
IN the Review Of Reviews, with the
advantages of example in the organi-
zation and development of other COM
munities, guided by the knowledge Of
to-day and following modern business
methods, there should be a marvellous
future fer this region,
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24
NATURE PROVIDES ICE HOUSE
Food Tor Birds That is Preserved ir
the Arctic REGIONS.

Food for Birds That is Preserved in
the Arctic Regions.
The number Of birds that po tn tho
arctic regions to breed is vast beyond
conception. They go not by thou
sands, but by tens and hundreds Of
thousands, and because nowhere else
in the world does nature provide At
the same time and IN the same place
such a lavish prodigality of food.
The vegetation consists of crar-
berry, cloudberry and crowberry
bushes, and these forced by the per
petual sunshine of the arctic summer.
bear enormous crops of fruit But the
the crop is not ripe until the middle
and end OF the arctic summer. and if
the fruit-eating birds had to wait until
1t was ripe they would starve in the
meantime, as they arrive on the very
day of the melting of the snow.
But each year the snow descends
on an immense crop Of ripe fruit be-
fore the birds have time % gather it..
1t is thus preserved perfectly fresh
and pure, and the melting OF the snow
dlscloses the bushes, with the uncon-
sumed last years crop hanging on
them or lying, ready to e eaten, on
the ground.
The frozen meal stretches across
the breadth cf northern Asia. It never
decays and is accessible the moufenr
the snow melts. The same heat (which
thaWS the fr11it hriooc into ho;no a., -
most prolific insect life in the world
the mosquito swarms on the tundra.
NO European can live there without a
veil after the snow melts. The gun
barrels are black with them and .clods
OF them often obscure the sight.
Thus the insect eating birds have
only to open their mouths to Ell them
with mosquitoes, and thus the pres
ence OF swarms Of cliff cl,affs, pipis
and the wagtails in this arctic region
lis accounted for.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24

with nothing broken. Nor was there
any evidence Of fight in the old
mans room, although he was neither
weak nor cowardly. These facts threw
some suspicion on the servants. but
they proved their innocence concl,,-
sively. For some reason nobody
seemed to suspect the man who was
to profit by the death of the murdered
man, and SO the crime took its place
among those whose perpetrators are
never found
, The parrot? He had been a favor
lte pet OF Mr.. Branch's for years. and
had been in the room when he was
murdered. The parrot must have seen
the murder committed and heard the
dying words of the old man. He had
been sold by the executors to dealer
and by him to the old maids, from
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24
Bcief Book Reuie,r

The following brief paragraphs arc
copied from Encounters Between Fa-
nous Men," the forthcoming book by
J. Ellington Billdad. They simply
show whither the historical novel is
>drifting:'
= LAS George Washington came within
sight of Rome he observed that the
city was in flames, and having drunk
all of the fire extinguisher from his
bottle at the previous stop, he turned
his horses head and was about to gal
lop away, when his quick ear caught
the strain of music. George paused
and looking upward beheld Nero
perched on the city wall playing a vio-
lin solo,. Waving his hand in adieu to
the cruel tyrant, George Washington
rode away, leaving the cracking
flames behind him. because the Father
Of his Country had no use for cracking
flames where he was going. .<... l.
zz.sThis is the only instance on record
Of a meeting between George Wash
ington and Nero. It's authenticity can
not be doubted, sinasmuch as the Writ
er's grandfather was present when Ait
Ohio State Journal. ss s
s IL We prayed as long Sas God would;
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24

inch man was M. Donician, in spite
of his prediction for blushing.
Helen stared down at the little pack
ct of mail and saw instead a small
cottage furnished costly with that
hundred dollars in bank. 1t was un-
fortunate, that hundred dollars. in
that it formed a solid foundation; for
temptation that must have otherwise
have remained chimerical. For an
hour she struggled with it, sitting in
the dark in her little ten by ten room.
Then she laughed, an echo of that
sighting laugh with wh hich she had
put away her books, and struck a
light. She had forgotten her mail!
Presently a crisp bit of paper
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24

: His uncle had been murdered.''
whom I bought him. He has never
had any more such paroxysms as that
in the sta.on.
When thought of a parrots prone
ness to mimic strong eXclamations Of
all kinds, and remembered the note
of anguish and reproach in that cry
in the station, the mystery Of Joe
Branchs death was no mystery to i1e.
Often l have pictured to myself that
death scene, and thought that no mat
ter how secure from detection the
doer of such bastard deed may seem,
he can never know at what moment
vengeance may strike, nor what strange
weapon she may choose to serve her
purpose.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24

had reached the point where threats
Of criminal prosecution had been made.
for certain Of his transactions.
It was about, this time that his ,1n-
Gle was found one morning in his
room murdered, with a score Of knife
wounds in his body. The servants
were all away. but it was remarked as
a curious fact that his mastiff, a very
savage and alert Watchdog: had given
no alarm, and showed no signs Of hav-:
ing attacked the murderer. It was
never explained either, how the mur-
derer got into the house, for the next
morning It was found locked as usual,
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24

& Mrs. Oliver Ames supports, at her
own expense, full brass band at the
Oliver Ames High School Of North
Easton, Mass, an institution Of her
own planning and provision. E
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24

trunks. Suddenly she turned and ned
goaded by intolerable pain. =.
And the pines were left alone in
their eternal serenity, /. chanting the
requiem over the fair white doves OF
Aphrodite. &@$.
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24

The student leaned back and closed
her book unwillingly."
ten dollars She dropped her eyes
from the pine crests and saw Donician
before her. +.
II fin' some mail for you at the Of
fee, Miss Helen He spoke with a
slight accent in voice deep toned
and musical.
Helen started and her nerves quiv-
cred.
"Oh, thank you SO much,' she took
the mail and their hands touched. The
young fellow colored slowly, but she
tried not to see. r~. s.& ~ ~ :.
"Thank you 50 much she repeated,
with tense civility~ y @. .@=sss 5S S %. % ss
Mot tall" he. returned. lifting his
hat and moving away. He was every very
The Cook County herald., 1902-05-24

We prayed as long as God would
listen We would never cease.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-10-05

gulo facial rs 6 80 grades. O.der
y familia ds zos D.nanos, un salo
g6nero, una sola specie exparcida
por toda Ia tisfra y modiicsda en-
dive rsas razss 6 variedades. Els al
hombre sHomo sapierss de Linneo.
p. Regnlarm enta cuRtro ma
nos, Anrn'o fetal 90 grades 6 me.
nos. Coaatituye ell orden de los
Cuadrumanos 8 monos. Divf3ssa
en- 8 famillas. La primera de las
y mas pr6ximas e. hombre Sc distin
que por tensr siempre nancs Ito:
dos los pulgares oposibIes) y 4os de
dos provistos de rf1as plr mas. Es
IL fAtn,lia de los Sirrics.
En- esta familia los hsy de n&riz
estrecha 10 cabeza de In familif, y
de nariz d. 3ha. los mas dlstantes; Y
entire los primer !, uno5 tienen bol'
zas buc&les de ore carecen los mas
I Sximos ri hombre, los que & la vez
carece4 tambAen de cola y Gallo en-
10 asentad IRA.
Ea es+a dltimo grupo anoontra'
mos los monos "ntro poncrfos ST.
guientes:
Chimpans6, sSirria troglodytess
de Blnm anbach Habisa 81 Congo
: Gainaa donde vige aomesticaao en-
s. ci ada1 con e. hombre.
Gorilla, <Tfog4odytes gorillss
descubierto por Savage en- eli Africa
0 iantsl. FL mas terrible de los
animales de aoua''c reg'oa; abundA
en- 10 cuanca ael rio GAb6n.
Ot&rgutsn, ePythecss satyruss
de Linnso. Es ina1gsas en- Suma'
ira y Dorreo. La lon ngitud de los
brazos distin ngue & los dos
primeros del & timo. En- aquellos
alcanzs la rcdiIla y en- le dltlmo, el
tarso.
El nuevo prasunto hombre pa
leol1slco parecs msjor &conodado en-
Ell geaero sTroglodytsso y por SD
sDorme cabexA merece la ciasifica'
ci6n especifica de ~mscrocep ua.
DR.. s StQhE
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-10-05
Dao abeoutarncne h1pal q Ia opaa5a dc prensz
Sueho de opio.

Vs.! mitigs elpeaar que ne consume,
Gits horrible pess1 q4a IS mi sormeEte;
Qalero al al emhrlsgsr con 81 perfume
Blaodo y sutll as tn apaclbis aiiento.
We, Va II nocne ON al confaleiano
Su trists sombra desco!gar emrieza.
Yea! oprime mi Iaano entts tn raano.
Ven! recsina en- Iii ombro tu a eza.
Nadie en tn fzente 10 mirAds hja,
NADIA cstk 81 aura en- Ell boscaje es psso
Toda Gala. Ia ncehe NOS cobiia
No nos vs~. no nos oyen. Dane an beso!
Asf la dis; y delirsnte loca.
Perdl6 al puato Il. .virgen ell repose;
Seutf sd lAEio en n.i.conyalsa. .boca
despert6 ..iQus suef1o tku nermoso!.
JULIO FLORES.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-10-05

Sc venden 3 coches gran
des, casi nuevos y Is parejas
de caballos, sanos y j6venes,
todo q precio limitado, pu-
diendo realiZarse dicha Venta
por el total de coches y caba-
los 6 por parte solamente.
Dirijirse a Carlos Ii. Bl0ndet.
R1o-Pedras, kil0nletro II.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-10-05
cffDlTo Y AHORRO PONcEAO
S1 sit1aci67o en- la tosyde del 50 de
Se.1tSeGt5re de 1909.

Set s1tetGc5o7o en- la ttt9'de del 50 de
Se6tSe.sore de 1909.
4 TWO
La Gaia: $40 12oA3
Correspohsales, lsla S33-l5
CORES ponsales del exterior @ 9a9
Snma s181 .750-4s
Gompra de Bonos $4,000
H1potecas & largo Plazo 78.5O7-2I
Asuntos JuLlciales 651-a6
Casa de la Sociedad l4.002-25
Mobiliario 371259
Cartera az $40
Cr6dite Garanyizados 3, ,525-es
Obl1gaclones por cobrar 125. .745-34
Llbretas y Cheques l5l-46
Emission de Obligaciones 1.Ols-6,
Gastos de installation l14-77
0astos Generates o.460-2l
- -~-----
Suma 52l.7S6-43
SIVO
Oueatas corrientes $231 252-94
Deposltos Voluntarios 6.OsO
SeGcA~h oe AhOrrO 81. .459-5S
Obl1gaclones por Pagar 22Z91
1mposiciones Plazo Flo 9,519-25
OepOSltOS en- Garant1aS 690O
flaIZas 36.5OO
lntereses For Liquidar l5.8G24O
kondo de ttesecva 9,9i89s
Capital 10000
Benefcios:
Camolos 5.708-12l
Ganancias y P6rdidas IL 354-92 18. c63- -o4
Suma $521. 7S6 -43
Ponce, Pr. de octubre de 1902
We Bo
Ell Director Gere7ote,
E. SALAZAR.
El Coztador,
J. A. Negr6n Sanjurio
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-10-05
COlegiC de San Pablo

en- San Juan, PR.
Para internos v exteraos
Ia apertura, Ell dia primero de
Octubre de 1902.
Presideote nato, el sr. obis2o
Aiocesano.
Director, Ell Reverendo D ctor
ia nes Mulke1l, sacerdote marista,
educacionista eminente.
Peasonal facultativo y econo-
nlco, conpetente e idoneo.
Para el prope;,o y o.ros in
ormes, d rlgirse al Sr. Obispo.
S-l9
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15

SALEM STANDS FOR PROGRESS.
Tho world is going to discover that
this is the one Salem In the world
that does not hark backward toward
the days OF wltchcraft and other relics
of barbarism. Salem, Oregon is bound
10 30 ahead.
The last utterances of President
Coleman, the new head of willamette
University, before he left for the East,
were that he believed in the bst pos.
slble public schools. lie is high
school man.
Salem has u model city government
in many ways, model commercial
club. a woman's club, a civic improve
ment league, a growing public spirit,
and there are improvements going for
ward on every hand.
New buildings are going up. new
homes are being built in all parts OF
the city. Why should not the people
ask for progress In their public
schools, or why should progress in
this important matter stop?
The financial condition of the Salem
school district has been much I'm.
proved In the past four years. The
district is ON a cash basis, and will
have a surplus at the end OF the year.
The condition out of which the city
has worked Itself, and made such a
grand record for an improved city gov
ernment, and at the same time re-
duced expenses and increased it's rev.
enues are familiar.
The same progress can be made In
the school district-the schools can
be improved and advanced TO be the
equal of the best In the state, and the
school taxes, now about the highest
In the state, reduced.
There ia no Inconsistency between
the best possible schools and
a better system OF school finance. That
has been proven in the city. This
can be proven from the present condi.
ton OF the schools,
No offensive personalities are nee
essary. Let the board keep all that
Is good In the present system and so
forward to better things, Nothing
viii add so much 20 the prosperity of
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15
Voters Are
1000 Short

Registration books throughout the
state closed at 8 o'clock this after,
noon. County Clerk Hall says the
registration in Marion county will not
exceed $500, or a falling off of about
1000 in the total registration of 1900,
when $500 electors were registered.
Accurate figures concerning the reg
istration cannot be had for few days
or until all blanks from outlying pre-
cinCts can be received and extended
but Clerk Hall does not think the
number of names so received will
change the total figures TO any great
extent since many of the justices of
the peace have already sent in their
registration books. Mr.. Hall says
there is less enthusiasm, with greater
indifference on the part of the voters
than In many years.