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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
WHEN CHAOS RULES
Writer Moralzes Bitterly by House.
cleaning

Behold, the house-cleaning season
cometh on apace! The time is nigh at
hand when the dismal grunt of the
tackpuller and the knockout blow of
the tackhammer shall be heard abroad
in the land. Yea, verify, we are upon
the threshold of the moist scrubbrush
and the weeping floor mop.
Now will the good man of the house
get him up at the first streaks Of dawn
streak1ng the east and HE himself to
his Office, for he knoweth in his heart
that the bosom of his family is no
place to be when housecleaning goeth
on. When the good man cometh home
at the twelfth hour and sitteth down
to the table with the appetite of a goat
beneath his belt, behold there is moth
ing on his platter save few cold.
shivering potatoes and hunk of beef,
which he recognizeth as an old ac-
quaintance.
After dinner the queen of his house.
hold standeth before him with her
head done up in dustcap and cob
webs in her eyes, asking him if he will
beat the parlor carpet, but, remember
ing that he hath a pressing engage
ment, he girdeth up his loins straight
way and hoofeth it downtown
Again at eventide he cometh home
and c1imbeth over the bureau, where
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
HOME AND FASHIONS.
SHORT DESCRIPTIONS OF THE
LATEST PREVAILING MODES.
Light Silk Coats and Jackets Arc Vory
Popular-season's Millinery Summed
Up as Consisting of Oddly and Ex-
Summer Styles.

Summer Styles.
Many plated skirts are worn In a
large diversity of materials ranging
from null to broadcloth.
Two lovely old-style fashions happi-
ly revived, and reminders of the Louis
periods of dress, are the fishu and the
sash.
The bishop-shaped sleeve still holds
it's own, but is much increased in size,
to follow the present requirements of
fashion.
The preference for one-tone color is
increasing, and the combination of
several different colors on one cos
tune is not often seen.
The old fashion of piping and cord.
ing edges of rufHes, founces and other
trimmings has been revived, and most
successfully.
One really new note in the summer
gowns is the return to favor again of
the full-gathered rufae put on with a
small heading for a skirt garniture.
Taffeta still seems to hold first
place, and nothing can quite fill its
many uses, not only as a dress mate
rial but also as trimming for many
other materials.-Mrs. Ralston in
Ladies' Home Journal.
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smokin' Unc' Pete's pipe, and, my
blessed, dat Sam is got one, tool"
Breaking off long, wild-plum
switch, she waddled, as fast as her
physical makeup would permit, to-
ward the boys. When she arrived at
the bridge, the boys turned and saw
her, but only for second. There was
scream, crashing Of sticks, and a
mighty sputtering.
"Help, help! 'Poleon! Sam! Oh,
Lordy, help me outer dis! Oh! Oh!
Dis some er you rascals' debblishness,
Oh! Ah'll frail you! Come, dat's good
boys, and help YOU old aunty out!"
The boys, at first frightened by what
they had done. hesitated about leaving
the stronghold of the log, but soon
saw that Aunt Judy was wedged fast
between the two poles, and her ample
extremities were we'll fastened in The
mud.
whats the matter? Is you fell
through" inquired Napoleon. Sam
kept discreet silence.
mo, Ise asleep in bed," howled Aunt
Judy. "W'en All gets outer dis, Ahi]
frail you to a frazzle end. OATS wat
All will"
'Now, Aunt Judy" said Napoleon,
''what you gwineter frail us fo'? Some
body mus er fixed dat bridge whilst
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

John Brown came here from Con-
necticut as child Of five years; and
it was through the inculcation of ear
ly western reserve radicalism, oper-
ating excessively on peculiar nature,
that he was projected upon the coun-
try at large as a lurid figure, what
ever it's defects, not to fade from his
tory. It has been chiefly through a
certain stalwart moral stamina of it's
people, combined with a genius for
politics, that the reserve early became
conspicuous, and has all along exer-
cised huge influence, relative to it's
size, upon the state and country, says
a writer in Scribner's Magazine. 1t
has contributed six governors to the
state in the time of it's need, five SEN
ators and two presidents to the
United States; educators, authors,
scientists almost innumerable. The
mere names of Wade and Giddings, Of
James A. Garfield and William Nc
Kinley, of Jay Cooke, financier of the
war of the union, of Governors Sam
uel Huntington, Seabury Ford, Reuben
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standeth in the hall. He fain woulz
eat, but there is naught wherewith to
DO it. AS he standeth amid the wreck
age and chaos of that once happy
home, his better half again draweth
nigh and asketh him in a. seductive
voice; to help hang the family portraits.
Thereupon the husband borroweth a
step ladder from his neighbor and
standeth it against the wall. The STEP
ladder hath a broken step, but of this
the man Wotteth not
AS the man ascendeth the steplad-
der, bearing aloft the portrait of his
Wife's mother, the step aforesaid CIV
eth way, and the man descendeth upon
his head and throweth the picture
through a window into the street, for,
behold, the man falleth to the floor
and great is the fall thereof Then the
man riseth up in his might and speak
eth things in a loud voice which are
not fit for publication
Lastly, says the Ohio State Journal,
the man goeth upstairs to seek slum-
Der, but he fndeth no place to lay his
head, so he lieth down on the floor
and sleepeth with his head on a has
sock voting not that he will arise on
the morrow, a sore and stiffened crea-
ture. Verify the life of the head Of
the house to be cleaned is a burden.
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ened with loops and ends of black vel
vet ribbon. Some of these light coats
are trimmed around the hem with
black velvet ribbon in several rows,
with spaces between.
The black taffeta coats are also
trimmed with velvet, and then there
are pretty coats for stout women
made of black silk grenadine and lace
insertion in alternating vertical bands
which give length to the figure.
The short walking Jackets of black
taffeta to wear with any skirt are ex.
tremely good style, and one little mod.
ell has the broad Gibson plat in the
back, shaping in narrow at the waist
line, where it forms a coat-tail. The
top of this plait is in groups of tiny
tucks, which meet at the belt.
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One of the most common ways of
betting in China is with oranges. This
goes on at the fruit stalls and also in
private houses. The bet is on the
number of seeds in an orange. Some
times it is as to whether the number
is odd or even, and at others as to the
exact number of seeds the orange con-
talns. If at fruit stand, the dealer
will pay the lucky guesser five times
his bet, but the loser must pay the val
ue 1!E.so Of y the orange and also FIVE times
3as much as he has 5Wagered $50
Quail fighting is done on a table
with a little fence about it's edge. The
fighting quails have been starved for
some time. AS they are put into the
pen few grains of rice or wheat are
laid before them, and they at once be-
gin to fight over them. They are
trained for the purpose, and a good
fighter is worth $100 and upward.
1t is the same with the crickets.
Their prize rings are little bowls. The
crickets have been trained. They
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
MEANT TO BE A WORLD-BEATER
The Military Station to Be Established
GoYRrn0HS Island.

The Military Station to Be Established
T. on Governors Island.
In the heart of the city of New York
the United States is to have one of the
finest military stations in the world,
says New York correspondent. An
nouncement was made recently for the
perfection of the plans for enlarging
Governors Island, and the sundry civil
bill will carry an appropriation for
finishing the work. Secretary Root
has been working on this plan for
long time, and it looks now as if his
labors would be crowned with success.
Governors Island is to be enlarged by
a breakwater and reclamation of shoal
ground, so that its area will be in
creased from the present sixty-fve
acres to about $50 acres. Docks and
berths will be built, so that the largest
ships and transports can lie alongside
1.-THE warehouses and receive or dis
charge cargoes by electrical appli--
ances. .s.f Ss 81 t*l ssss
The entire terminal facilities Of
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"W'en All gets outer dis" howled
Aunt Judy, "Ah'll frail yo' to a
frazzle end!"
we was er sittin' on de log. I believe
you mus er fixed it to ketch US on de
way back.
Aunt Judy gasped. Such impudence
was too much.
Say Aunt judy" went on Napoleon,
"ef we helps you out, will you let US
off on de whippin'?'
"Nossir," said Aunt Judy. "Ah'll
des maui you.''
Den stay dere," said Napoleon, get
ting bolde~ as he realized that Aunt
Judy was really helpless, and with a
nod to the awe-strucA Sam, he started
back to the log. 1t was too much.
'Poleon, oh, 'Poleon! Come help
you po' old aunty OUT"
But the wicked Napoleon was steely
hearted as his namesake. He could
not afford to let mere emotions inter-
fere with future prospects.
EFF you'll help me out, 'Poleon, Ah'll
mex promise"
what" said Napoleon, eagerly.
Aunt Judy was beginning to see a
light. mo, All d know bout dat,
eider," she said thoughtfully. The
water was cold and the poles were
anything but comfortable, but Aunt
Judy was built of sterling stuff. Ma
poleon began to hedge.
"W'at was you gwineter promise,
aunty?" he inquired with affected care
lessness.
well, eff you-oh, All d. know
neider."
= go on, aunty."
"Well, looky here, boys, if you'll
only help you po' ole aunty out, Ah'll
get you all the doughnuts and crack
lins you kin hole"
"Nossir," said Napoleon. "You got
ter promise not to tech a har O: our
heads TO- we lets you out" There
was long pause.
Then Aunt Judy said, ttWell, boys,
guess Ah'll halter do it."
In ten minutes she was out, foun-
dering on the grass. They helped her
to her feet.
*'Now, boys" said she, still retaining
grasp on each muddy black paw, "Ah
amt gwine tech a hair on you heads,
but Ise des natchelly gwineter frail
you backs till de world looks level"
Old Uncle Pete, over in the clearing
behind the trees, stopped .hoeing and
listened for moment to sounds which
came floating on the evening breeze.
Huh! Pears lax dem folks oyeh
todes de bayou is always a-killin'
hawgs'', he said to himself.
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seem to understand their masters
word, and they are urged on to the
combat with straws. The Chinese un-
derstand how to feed and groom the
crickets for the fray. They give
them honey, boiled chestnuts and
boiled rice and certain kinds of fish.
They do not allow anyone to smoke
near them, for they think that tobac-
co Injuries them. If the crickets grow
sick they feed them upon mosquitoes
and red ants. ,:5E :s..z=--- =. ~ -.
|s< InS q cricket fight the erickets~
weighed before they are put in the
ring. They are matched as to size
and color. The betting is done just
as carefully as at an English horse
race. The stakes are held by COM
mittee, which deducts a certain per-
centage for those who own the fight
ing houses. During the fight the
gamblers grow excited. They scream
and yell and hop up and down as one
insect gets the better of the other and
go almost mad when one wins.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Thts Seasons Millinery.

The characteristics of the season.
millinery may be summed up in two
Words-oddity and expense There
are cheap hats, but the vrai confection
DE modiste is dear treasure, running
to, such blooms and festoonings of lace
as, have not been seen in long WHILE
Wells, too, have caught the infection
and now come in rich bordered laces
and extravagant novelty gauzes, which
sometimes stripe the face with ze-
bra look. The lace wells are worn a
lEspagnol, hanging like a loose cur
tain over the face, with the long,
square ends forming dangling scarfs
behind
Some have these ends in the shape
OF. stoles, like the barbes worn at the
throat Beautiful designs of wreaths
bouquets and urns with flowers appeal
in the rounded bottoms of these.
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Some Hints on Economv.

Fashion grows more capricious
more luxury-loving every year. The
pretty girl of 1902 will wisely save the
largest part of her income for the *'lit-
tie things" The girl Of forethought
plans to economize or rather make the
most Of her silk drop skirts by having
more than one overdress suitable to a
single drop. For instance, many are
having the fashionable white etamine
or canvas shirt-waist suits and a sum-
merry point d'esprit, made to wear
over the same silk lining. White silk
skirts ready to wear in the shops cost
from $10.50 to SIG. The soft, unrus
tling louisine seems most favored.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

Wood, David Tod, John Brough, and
Jacob D. Cox-the latter also one o.
the ablest generals in the civil war,
and of those other generals, @. A. Gill
more, Opdyke, Dewey, Alger, Reilly,
John Beatty and the two Paines, botn
major-generals, who, though entering
the service, elsewhere, were natives Of
the reserve; of such practical scien-
lists as Edison and Brush; of such
authors as w. D. Howells, James Ford
Rhodes, Edith Thomas, George Ken
nan, Ambrose Bierce, Sarah Woolsey,
Albion w. Tourgee, Thomas Jay Hud-
son, and Della Bacon (of Bacon
Shakespeare fame), and of such edu-
Gators as ex-Preside1t James Fair
child of Oberlin, the late Thomas w.
Harvey and Burke A. Hinsdale, and
Prof. George Trumbull Ladd (the
world-famous. philosopher and psychol-
ogist of Yales faculty., are sufficient
to attest that it was no people of mere
mediocrity. which Connecticut's re-
markable colonizing movement placed
in Ohio.
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A FLORIDA WATERLOO
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By w. II. COWES,
Copyright, 1902, Daily Story Pub. Co.

"Iou, 'Poleon," yelled Aunt Judy
from the wash-house door, "wey you
gwine? Come back heuh, you triflin'
black rascal. Didn't All tell you tc
stan right by dat wringah until All
was through wild your?
Il was des gwine down to see If
Mist Jimmy's boat was tied,'' said the
recreant Napoleon, as he shifted his
weight from one black, sun cracked,
bare foot to the other.
"Yaas, l specs dats wat dat extry
fshhook is a hangin' in dem kinks
behine you ear fo'; and wat you got
IN you han? OATS box O. wu'ms,
sho's Ise alive. Pears like you amt
got sense enough to bell a buZzard,
'Poleon."
Napoleon rolled his eyes cautiously
around towards clump of saw pal
metto in the edge of the scrub"
where a wide, straw hat could be seen
above the tops Of the palmetto fans,
and knotty fishpole waved jerkily.
Would she see it? Napoleon's heart
almost stood still as Aunt Judy's eyes
turned in that direction, but old eyes
that are dimmed by many years If
sewing and standing over the steaming
Washtub are not as sharp as young
ones.
Tick dis basket er cloes and hang
'em out on de line," she continued,
land bring me er coal outer dat f1uh.
Look lax All dest mus tex res'"
Napoleon complied, holding the coal
between two sticks while Aunt Judy
puffed for light. A smile crept over
his face. He knew what Aunt Judy's
"resses' meant. Then, taking up the
basket, he went out to the clothes
line keeping carefully in view of Aunt
Judy Gradually he worked around, Us
he saw Aunt Judys head nod, until her
face was hidden by the door jamb.
Dat boy amt so bad," mused ihe
old lady. "He dest kim O. childish.
Get kim O. frisky sometimes lax any
boy gWineter do wat got some stiff
ness in he backbone Guess Ah'll-
Ah'll-let him." There was a
long pause. A big, green horsef1y came
droning in and settled on Aunt Judy's
head, standing out strongly against
the gray twine-wrapped strands of
wool. Aunt Judy was asleep. Ma
pOieon came and peeped in at the door.
Softly putting down the basket, he
stole nOiselessly over to the palmetto.
and two figures raced off toward tA3
bayou
A little creek made around from the
bayou, over which was a wooden
bridge.
SAM said Napolean, "Aunt Judy
is gWineter wake up fore long. 'Speck
We better fix dis BRIDGE" and with a
mischievous glitter in his black eyes
he commenced removing some of he
loose boards lying across the two poles
which formed the only passage across
the muddy creek
"We'[ des fix some er desc fans
across de openin'," he chattered, IN
unflial light spreading over his black,
shiny face. The two young imps soon
had dead, brown palmetto leaves over
the opening
Now, we'll des get out on dat ole
log, and drop our lines in de Black
hole,' said SAM
Aunt Judy nodded and drowsed, CIV
ing forth gentle snore, occasionally
broken by ftful snorts. The pipe still
hung, loosely held, between her two
good teeth. The fire was long ago
extinct. Suddenly she started up.
"Great Zion! All mus get dem
clo'es offer dat line 'Poleon!" no
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Plain Skirt tho Best.

Tags, tassels and fandangles of all
kinds are decided features of the fash
ion of the hour, but although La Mode
has succeeded in bringing in. elabora-
ton and decoration in this form, she
failed ,signally when she endeavored
to introduce plaits and folds instead
of the plain, graceful skirt. And the
fact remains that the best skirt of the
moment is an absolutely plain one, as
far as the material goes Of which it is
composed, though trimmings of vari-
Gus kinds, including jeweled> embrcid-
cries, are en- evidence on evening
frocks. =S ..1 Il !. zs% MI ~ HI
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New York city will be available for
the handling of freight, loaded cars be-
ing foated directly into the slips. Sec
retary Root says that when his plans
are perfected the government will
have a station from which an expedi-
ton of $4,000 men can be dispatched
on transports, fully equipped with ar
tillery, camp outfits, horses, tentage,
etc., in three days. There will be
room on the island for the barracks
and tents of that number of men, and
the transportation facilities of the me-
tropolis are so great that the addition
Of 10000 or 10000 men to the ordinary
traffic would never be noticed. All this
right in the heart of the greatest city
and greatest seaport on the continent.
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rascal!

answer. "'Specks he dun traipsed off
wild dat Sam Williams. He gotter quit
dat havishness. Yassir, here's de bas-
ket. Ah'll des slip down to de bayou
and see. Hope he got summer desc
sand-spurs in his foots," she muttered
as she made her way toward the path
which led to the river. AS she emerged
from the fringe of trees which ran a
short distance from the bayou, she
saw the recreants perched on the drift
log which ran out into the water.
'Dere dey is, and dat scounl is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

shade of green, with large collar Of
Irish crochet, made in simple Russian
blouse fashion, with a wide belt, forms
ravishing toilet Some Of these taf-
fetas are decorated with little silk
cords-that is to say, the plain skirt
laces down the front with silk cords;
finished with fancy pompons of silk,
the bodice of course being treated in
a like manner.
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Trimming OF Cloth Costumes,

.#IE Trimming Of Cloth Costumes.
Cloth costumes for the spring are
now trimmed with bias satin folds,
not overturned, be it understood,
as has been fashionable, but with mar
row folds, put in to give the appear
ance almost of braiding, and certainly
the satin against the cloth is most at.
tractive.~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

ges Of embroidered ecru batiste.
It is finished in front with a band
Of the silk embroidered with fagoting
and ornamented with little straps of
the silk and rocco buttons.-Chic Pa,
risien.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
ValOr OF Rough Riders,

The King of Siam has an army corps
OF 500 elephants. A corp Of half
as many American rough riders OF
the western ranges would make the
numbering beasts pack their trunks
and quit the field in one, two, three
order. - : p >1It5ss zts g=z@afs-zzzzgi's
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Ambulances at Railroad Stations.
By the kaiser's desire, fully fitted up
ambulance trains have been placed at:
seventy-fv German railway stations.
and telephone communication has
been made with local doctors.
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Trimmings.

Here are descriptions of some OF
the glace models which are daily COM
ing from Paris. Many of them are
trimmed with charming applique
work in velvet, which gives the nee
essary touch of solidity to the simple
tafeta frock. Ta1feta in the new
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Light Silk Coats

The prettiest coats, except those OF
cream or black lace, are made of pale
gray and biscuit colored silk, with
the picturesque collars of lace fast.
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The powers we use as toys are un
fitted for use as tools. E. . !.
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He multiplies his troubles who run.
to meet them. :z ses I. IS, .::2 .z.:s . .s
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SPORT IN. CHINA

Unique Ways In Which the Willy Celestias Pass Away Time.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-26
THEY SAY IT WAS
DUE TO ACCIDENT
Doctors Are Agreed as to the
Cause Of Mrs. Cores
Death.
tBv Associated Press.)

PARIS. November 25.-In spite of the
rigid secrecy which has been maintained
bv the officials and 1.-The Commission Of
American Doctors concerning the result
of the autopsy conducted by the latter
on the body OF Mrs Ellen Gore to-day,
it is learned from an authoritative source
that the doctors tend indtridually TO the
accordance. of the theory Of an accident
and the probabilities are that their Off
cial report will strongly incline TO that
theory If it does not positively assert 1T
thus bringing the french and American
doctors into agreement andaand relieY-
ing the case OF any International sIsniii-
canoe.
After the post-mortem, the American
doctors arranged to have a consultation
later in the day in order to draw up
their official report, but his conference
was postponed. owing to the indsposition
of one of the gentlemen Meanwhile the
doctors We're interviewed by the repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press. hut.tneE
positively declined to- make any state
ments@ as to the results Of the exainina-
ton. ] Il is clear. however. that the
American doctors are impressed by the
thoroughness with which the French
surgeons Investigated the#case. and they
are not inclined to raise professional
issue.
Al least two of the American doctors.
hold an outright accident theory, and
they will seek to have that View incor-
porated in the official report.