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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-30
BOYS AND: GIRLS OF CUBA.
Question Of Providing Schooling for
Half a Million.

Question Of Providing Schooling for
Half a Million.
Where and how shall the 100000
children of school age in Cuba be pro.
vided for, where there is only room
and teachers for 100000? If we could
reach the ears of the mothers of the
@,O0O,O00 Of people of the great and
powerful nation to the north, whose
children are all comfortably clothed
and provided with a snug little desk
in the hundreds of thousands of school
buildings where education is as free
as air, we would ask them to come
here and watch the faces Of those usS
cared-for waits as they see their more
fortunate fellows go by with their
satchel or packet of books on their
way to school, as the writer has done.
We are sure they would be deeply
moved. If their thoughts could be
portrayed in words as their feelings
are upon their faces, they would
wiring tears from stone image.
Surely, if the truth of the condition
of these 100000 children could :,e
brought to the minds Of these moth
ers, some action would be taken, some
movement set on foot by which this
moral tragedy could be brought to
an end. For 800 years it has shroud'
ed the greater part of the people of
these islands in mental darkness. In
the name of God and humanity may
If now Terminated
Surely some public movement might
be set on foot and money raised by
subscription, even if it cannot be
supplied by act of Congress. Some ii
the Rockefellers or Carnegies, who
are endowing colleges and public
libraries with their millions, might
be persuaded to take little interest
in these forsaken, neglected little
boys and girls who are now only able
to hopelessly and sadly look at the
outside of a schoolhouse, and who,
unless times quickly change for the
better on this island, are doomed to
grow up in ignorance and vice, and
be added to the illiterate class which
three years ago comprised about 90
per cent of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Agriculturist.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-30
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
OF the Deathlike Stiffness Following
the Stopping Of a Clock at Night.

OF the Deathlike Stiffness Following
the Stopping Of Clock at Night.
ever, hear a clock stop in the mid
die of the night?" said the retired
burglar. Il did, once, and never was
much more scared by anything, for s
minute, in my life y segs 8 :.5ss
I I'D just picked up a watch that was
layin' on the top of q bureau in s
house that was in when all of sud
den there seemed to drop right down
somehow, a stiffness that was like
death; and / found myself standing
there holding that watch and looking
around in the dark in all directions
expecting something terrible to hap
pen: and scared? j.. : 5iss s<.* !.
. '''Why, for a minute / was scared al
most out of my senses. And then al
Of sudden 1t struck me that q clocl
I'd been hearing ticking away good
and strong up to that minute Ii thl
room, back of the one / was In had
stopped. " S*5s%a5 s:E j ss18 .1
Fl { That's all, but that was enough 70,
me, and just slid out. N .s5tS ..5
] F '"I like q quiet house, but dom
like one with tnat kind Of stiffness IL
it; and then, some etimes folks are wok,
UP by clock stopping Just about o,
quick as. they could be BY the firinl
of q gun. !" u. 555
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-30
At the Last Moment.
BY FRANK H. SWEET.

copyright, 1902 by Daily Story Pub. co.,
This day had finished the loading of
the vessel for her trip across the
ocean, and now, as the sun was sink
ing behind the shrouds of the ship to
the vest the stevedores filed in front
of the officer who was checking of
and paying for the hours they had
worked.
L As they received their money the
steYedores passed across to the wharf
or stopped for a few minutes con-
yersation with each other, or with
some Of the sailors. who CHANGED to be
near Cnesof them dropped upnotieed
through a hatchway and slipped back
into the hold, where the freight had
been slowed. Then he made his way
among the boxes and bales until he
evidently been left by design, for it
was long enough for a man to stretch
at full length in it and contained wa
ter and crackers enough to keep off
starvation for a week or ten days.
After the young stevedore had crowd
the opening to prevent discovery by
a possible prowler or inspector of the
freight. -
Then he made himself as comfort
able as he could in the narrow space
and chuckled at the prospect Of
reaching the other side without cost.
He thought exultantly of what he
would do when he got there, and of
the other strange lands he would visit
before returning home. There was no
sense in people spending money to
travel when little shrewdness and a
bold face would answer just as we'll.
He had SO in his pocket, the sum
paid him on deck half hour before,
but that was as much as he usually
had ahead these days. He had given
up work, except in case of necessity;
and even the 50 would not have been
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Down here in the depth Of the hold.
alone, with everything he had known
about to be left behind. his heart had
suddenly grown tender and sore 1t I,
might be years before he would see :.
the gentle old face again, and at the
thought his fingers reached for the
letter. and drew it out softly and ten
derly. But it was already dark in the
hold and he could not see. 4,
For moment he stroked it re-,
morsefully, then he pushed the case
aside and CROPPED his way out among
the boxes and bales. He would seek
the hatchway or some place where
there was light enough to- read the
letter. He must find out what the old
mother had to say; and he would re-
turn-he would-and do everything
that he had promised. He would go
back to the little farm and take care
Of the mother in her old age. He
could make a living there, and that
was more than he was sure of in a
city.
For an hour there had been the
final sounds of departure overhead,
but he had not noticed this. As he
went forward, however, he was con.
scious of peculiar sensation Of ris.
ing and falling, which told him that
the ship was under way.
The hatchway was not closed, but
even there it would have been too
dark but for light somewhere above,
which sent dull shaft into the hold.
In this he opened the letter and read:
Dear Sammy: "I'm down with the
rheumatics. an the doctor says t will
be long time fore I'm out. The
nabors are good. but they can't leave
their own work an do mine I'm
feared, Sammy, If you don't come, the
farm will. have to be sold. 'Tain't
wuth much, but can't look out for II
any more. But don't feel bad, dear
boy, II you can't come. It's. only
rheumatics I've got.
Ever your loving mother"
The young man choked; there was
an unmistakable sob. In a moment
he had clambered up the hatchway. A
few passengers were standing near
the rail or lounging about; but no Of
ficers were in sight. It was nearly
dark.
Slipping back to the stern of the
vessel, which was almost deserted, the
young man glanced about YEARLY
The wharves were q mile away and
were shadowy outlines; but he did not
mind that, for he was strong swim.
mer and a bold one. What he feared
was the frustration Of a, plan which
had suddenly formed in his mind.
No one was watching him, however,
and presently grasping a rope, he
swung himself over the side and from
the end of the rope he dropped into
the water.
Two hours later he drew himself
up on one of the wharves, nearly ex
hausted, but with a look on his face
that had not been there for years.
"Now for home" he said aloud;
"straight for home" Then he disap
peared in the shadow of the great
warehouses.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-30
A Talisman Of Brass.

BY GLENN ROY McCLINTOCK.
copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. co.,
An old log house, stuck on the slope
of a West Virginia hill, and corn
field, which looked as though It might,
at any time, slip off into the valley be-
low, was the heritage which fell to
Sarah Mccoy and her daughter Eliza
beth upon the death of the husband
and father, Henry Stonewall Mccoy.
Had his bequest been of more pre-
tentious nature Elizabeth and Jim
Gardner, long since betrothed, would
not, in all probability, have been sit
ting on the worn stoop gloomily try
ing to figure! out means to circum-
vent the difficulties that enthralled
their matrimonial hopes
The beauty of the night did not ap-
peal to them. The sea of moonlight
and the mystic shadows below them,
the humble family burying ground in
it's depths, from which arose a shaft
of spectral white marble, were all
stern reality; an unproductive valley,
grave yard in which father, grand
father and great-grandfather lie bur-
led, bit of marble that represented
the savings Of years.
The notes of whip-poor-will float
ing across the hills, the answering call
of it's mate, from the distance, bore no
sentiment or romance to them. They
were the discordant cries of very Or
dinary bird.
"Liz?" without looking around.
"What is it, Jim?" after a pause.
Another wait and then:
when be we a goin' to get mar
.ried?"-pause somewhat longer-"if
we ever be?"
The long silence following is broken
only by the chirping of the crickets
until:
"Does seem as though me and you've
been powerful long time gettin'
married" (another pause), Don't it,
Um?"
More silence.
"Liz?"
"What Jim?" Short pause, and
then:
II be goin' away" More silence.
Where be you goin', Jim?" Pres
emily he answered:
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the early part of the day his attention
was occupied by the sounds OF pas
sengers coming on board and of bag.
gage and the last consignments of
freight being slowed away. But at
length, listening became monotonous.
and even his own thou ghts, exultant
though they were, grew wearisome.
He was not accustomed to being alone
or to self-communion. During the past
few years, when not asleep, he had
generally been with boon companions
on street corner. or with them he
had been in some mischief He tried
to keep up his interest in the sounds
on deck, and think of the fun ahead
of him. rather than of the past. But
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handed it to him. He took it slowly
and holding it in the palm of his hand
examined it curiously.
whats it for, Liz"
cts a tal-talisman."
The blank look on his face showed
that she had propounded mystery
that was too much for him to solve.
the rising fog from the valley below,
then turned slowly a9d disappeared
into the house. >'
In the course of three years the oil
industry in West Virginia had as
sumed unthought-of proportions and
the Standard Oil Company had begun
to extend it's operations into the .fnte-
rior OF the state. Farms that could
have been bought before sfor two dol
lars an acre were bringing thousands
and were eagerly sought at those
prices. The oil belt, extending south
easterly, was thought to cross the
farm owned by Liz and her mother.
An eastern syndicate, having paid
them q big price for an oil-lease and
allowed a royalty, had erected der
1ACA aAu tAo CAoA61u8 OI tuo JaIh W8S
now heard in the nearby cofn-held. )
" It had never occurred to Liz that her,
lover would not return. She knew
he would and was content to wait.
When the day arrived on which the
we'll was to be shot she was filed with
an inexplicable feeling that crisis
was at hand. The Shooter had been
ordered from Wheeling and would ar
rive some time that afternoon. She re-
solved to- watch for him as her view,
from the cabin, commanded the road
up the valley over which he must come.
Presently her vigilance was rewarded.
q stout wagon, drawn BY two tired
horses, appeared on the road from
around the base Of 8 hill. she could
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-30
Drew himself up onto one Of the
wharves.

he could not; it all kept surging over
him, again and again, and when he
would thrust it away, it returned only
more strongly and persistently. Yet
he was not leaving much, after all, he
told himself, grimly; he had not had
home for three years; he had no po-
sition, no friends, no prospects; even
the boon companions would scarcely
inquire after. or regret him. OF all
the world there was only just one
who believed in and trusted him, and
he had not seen her for three years.
There had been months when he had
not even thought of her or of the lit
tie rocky farm which he had left be-
cause it was too slow. H.. s:.. ,,,~..,-.:.. ..
She had never doubted him, for q
moment, or ceased TO think of the
time when he was to provide lovingly
for her old age. When some Of his
worst escapades had been reported
she had smiled wistfully, but hopeful.
ly. "Sammy's young she had said,
"'an' doesn't realize He's good boy
an will do better when he's older.
Him an mes goin' to live together
ag'in some time; he'll be ,layin''by for
1t pretty soon.". " IS l. }..st,
Something swelled IN the young
mans throat as he remembered how
many times he had heard her say that
and how many times he had declared,
in moments Of boyish repentance, that
he was going to take care of her when
he was q man.. Even after he left he
had once written home that he was
''goin' to git some money laid by pret-
sty soon AL through these three
years she had written regularly and
lovingly, and though he had answered
only briefly and ct long intervals, her
faith IN him had not Tor an instant
wayered.. Even now he had 4 letter
/ IN his pocket. received three days bs.
I fore, and not vet opened.
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see the driver urging his faded bea II
over the rough, broken road until o,
bend in its course; and thicket, hid
them from view. 49, ..>=.s
He did not reappear and she was
wondering If an accident had occurred
when, from the very spot she was
watching, shaft of dirt, stones and
parts Of buggy shot high into the
air, followed Immediately by an explo-}
sion so loud and terrific that it seemed
the hills must be torn from their rock
foundations. The. wagon-load Of!
treacherous nitro-glycerine had ex-3
ploded, an occurrence not uncommon
in the oil-felds:~ y + =
AS she sat, dazed and bewildered,
. watching the flying debris fall to the:
earth, an object dropped at her feet.
She stopped and picked it up-a brass:
button, blackened and bent. .=: -
That evening Liz discerned q famll-
lar figure approaching the house. She
did not move from her seat on the
stoop, but, as it drew near, said quiet'
ly: .-, !
Hello, Jim.
Hello, Liz" .
when did ye get back?"
''T'day." -
'Jim?'' ..-:. ~,-
"What?' i
"Here's yer button"
*'Thank ye." (Pause.) Lowed I'd
lost it. Left my coat on the wagon
seat while went to water the horses.
Bin in my coat pocket bout three
years now." !
A long silence. I
"'Low we kin marry now, Liz. /
"'Low we kim" Another pause, and
then:
"When?"
"Tmorrow, I low"
Call right. Goodnight, Liz" ]
'Good-night, JIM"
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handed it to him. He took it slowly
and holding it in the palm of his hand
examined it curiously.
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"No tellin' when you'll be back,
s'pose?"
II low not" Long silence again.
"Jim?'
WHAT"
''Take this with you," and she drew
from the pocket of her homespun a
brass button, that had graced the rebel
uniform once worn by her father, and
She OWNED this and after a silence
added:
1T means good luck" (Pause.) II
read about it in book. once"
He shufled to his feet, took q
couple of steps and said:
"Good-bye."
"Good-bye."
She watched him go down the wind
ing path, until his figure was lost in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-30
sELE-PRoTEcTED PLANTS.
Southwestern Vegetation
Either

Southwestern Vegetation Either
Armed or Armored.
Writing in The Century of the
Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico
particularly, Ray Stannard Baker has
this to say of the self-protected plants
Of the desert spaces:
"In the green hills one loves to lie
on the grass, to brush against the
trees, to pick a twig here and there
and taste the tart sap, but the desert
allows no such familiarity. Every:
thing that lives within it's confines is
either armed or armored. Every cac
tus stalk is covered with myriad
of spikes and hooks as sharp "a
needles, that warn one to keep his
distance. Thread not on the cactus
with your heavy shoes even, for the
barbed spines will often pierce thich
leather; every rider of. the plains has
had the experience of picking cactus
spines from his bare flesh. The mes
quit tree, which is near relative to
the honey locust, is covered with
thorns, so that you trespass at your
peril; the cats claw strikes at you
as you pass, tearing your clothing and
.lacerating your skin. Even the agavos
and the yuccas, the green foliage oi
which looks soft enough in the dis
tance, are armed with leaves each OF
which is a double-edged sword with
a spear point, The leaves of the
spreading punches of bear. grass
which covers a thousand desert hills
often are SO stiff, needle-pointed, and
rasp-edged that no animal ever ven
lures to touch them. Even the grease
wood and the strange paloverde tree
the green pole Of the Mexicans,
tree with branches, but with almost
invisible leave5-while having 1.e
spines, yet know we'll how to proteci
themselves. Break of q a%twig. Of either
and the smell Of it that clings to your
fingers will cure you Of further de
side to meddle.' s;,s 81. s9 II.
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s@5.s Slipped back into the hold.

F. - Slipped back into the hold.
earned had not this trip across the
ocean been planned as part Of the
gain. .:55: SGT i i, &.
For IN hour he remained awake list.
ening to the sounds on deck and exult,
Ing ii his own shrewdne then.
. weary With the days labor, his head
I leaned forward and he sank into q
/ sotind sleep :z5.5
Iate the next eyening the vessel
waste sbSa1nshe Yoyage. and during
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Paint will make an old house lool
new, but It wont make an old woman
look young. s. ssz5s s; & 81:
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Discretion. difference of rex 81
tween animals. :
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The new man viii have nsx nan
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-09
ANOTHER DEAD ISSUE.

The outcome of the movement TO send
relief to the Boer women and children in
the British concentration camps ought to
make some persons very much ashamed of
themselves. The occupants of these camps
were brought in from the veldts TO be
taken care of by the British because the
men had deserted their homes TO go to the
war and there was nobody else to care
for them They were not cruelty treated,
stances necessarily caused more or less
sickness and suffering. few weeks ago.
when. by the efforts OF kind hearted people
in Illinois. fund of $1,000 was raised for
their relief, DIR. Thomas and wife. of Chi
cago, asked the secretary of state 10 pro-
cure them passes 20 the British camps
They proposed to make the journey to
South Africa and distribute the relief fund
i'm person. Their expenses were to come
out of the fund and as the trip to South
Africa would have cost considerable sum
the fund would have been materially re-
duced. DIR. Thomas and wife. however.
would have had a sea voyage which might
offered to give them passports the same as
he did TO other American citizens going
abroad. but he declined to ask the British
minister for passes through the British
lines on the ground that the request would
doubtless be refused and he did not think
the President would approve it, At the
same time the secretary offered 10 transmit
the fund through the United States consul
at Cape Town. who would see that it
reached the Beers. but this was not what
Dr. Thomas wanted. lie wanted a sea
voyage. Therefore he opened out in abuse
of the secretary and certain pro-Boer
papers became very indignant over what
they termed the infamous conduct" of the
administration in blocking the way of re-
lief for Boer women and children The
outcome of the affair shows that instead of
abusing the administration they should
praise Ii for adopting the most practical.
direct and inexpensive method of relief
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ever pursued by one government toward
needy or suffering people in foreign
country. When the facts I'm the case were
brought TO the attention OF Governor Yates.
of Illinois. he opened correspondence with
the secretary OF state which ended in an
arrangement by which President Roosevelt
has forwarded 20 the United States consul
general at Cape Town A certified check for
5000 with instructions to the consul gen
eral to personally supsrintend the delivery
and distribution of the amount. This will
be done without any charge whatever and.
of course. without drawing on the fund for
the expenses of the journey of DR.. Thomas
and wife to Africa. 1t is the simplest.
most direct, expeditions and economical
mode of sending relief to suffering foreign
ers ever adopted. On other occasions we
have sent shiploads Of food TO famine suf
ferers in Ireland. in India and perhaps in
other countries. but this is the first time
that the President of the United States has
ever become the trustee and transmitter Of
country. A certified check for 5000 signed
by Theodore Roosevelt is as good in South
Africa as it is in New York, and it was a
much better way of transmitting the fund
than the way proposed by DR.. Thomas. The
prO-Boer papers that have been trying to
make an issue out of the matter ought to
be ashamed of themselves
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-09
AN APPEAL TO indianapolis.

The appeal of the finance committee to
raise funds to defray the expenses of the
dedication of the soldiers monument and
the proclamation of Governor Durbin max
ing May Is holiday, and requesting the
people to join in the dedicatory ceremonies,
are printed to-day. They appear on the
anniversary of the event which practically
marked the end of the war for the Union
the surrender at Appomattox. The ap-
peal of the committee should need no ex-
hortatiOn in the columns of a newspaper.
1t sets forth the worth o. the monument
to Indianapolis as one of the most notable
and the only attraction of the kind in this
country, and, it may be said, in the world.
1t is great tribute of State to its sons
worth so much to Indiana because of its To-
cality-the Union which makes this monu-
ment the center of the Nations population.
To the people of the State generally the
monument is glory to be thought of and
to be visited, but to Indianapolis it is a
diminished admiration.
Indianapolis is asked to raise $500 to
meet a part of the expense of dedica tion.
On the basis of value received and value
rendered that amount will pay but small
part of the expense of keeping up the
greatest attraction TO visitors that a city
could possess. In view of what it is to
Indianapolis the finance committee should
have no difficulty in raising the money 1t
would be a reflection upon the patriotism
and public spirit of the men who are proud
of indianapolis should the members of this
committee be made to feel they are begging
1t appeals to every man who has a spark
of patriotism and civic pride in his heart
There has been no politics in the building
of the monument and there will be none
in the exercises which crown its completion.
1t is the peoples monument. so all the
people should contribute to its dedication.
For these and other reasons the Journal
earnestly requests it's readers to help the
finance committee raise the 5000 and to
enter into the spirit of the Governors proc
lamation.