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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Cbrtsfs Crosvn Of
TboraaS Prescribed.

So many conflicting stories have
been written from time to time about
the Grown of Thorns that l may be
allowed to make an authoritative
statement on the subject In the first
place, may venture to say that
within my personal knowledge l
doubt If twenty people in the whole
of Christendom ever saw it. and even
know where it is kept. In the United
States, outside of myself, my wife
and our daughter, who was too little
to remember, I do not believe that a
single individual ever saw the Crown
or Thcrns, unless Mgr. Ireland, who is
e Sulpician as we'll as the keeper of
the crown, was lately granted the
favor of seeing it. If any one would
like to know the reason why l was
thus favored l may reply that the
crown, which was intrusted to the
care of two members OF my family
almost five hundred years ago, is to-
Gay through some accidental circum-
stances in the keeping of my first
cousin, the archpriest and dean of the
canons Of Notre Dame Of Paris. 4
general error is that the crown is
made Of thorns, some pretending that
while others claim it was made of
it was plated from blackberry,
white thorn or even of wild rose. The
crown which I saw, and which is
claimed to be the authentic one, is
made of bullrush, through which
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07

''Sure you can," said the farmer.
! 8 Just-<go out and b elp: yolrsel Gas
many as you want. I've got more#of
them than l want
THANK you, very much, but how
will I get them?"
"Catch 'em, of course. It's easy
when you know how
"All right, you tell me how and I'll
catch a few
"Well," said the farmer, first off
you creep up as near as you can get
to them
YES" said Mr. Gibson.
And then you make the right kind
of noise to attract them and they
will come to you."
What kind of niose ought tc
make?" asked Mr.. Gibson eagerly.
Just make a noise Like a NUT" re-
piled the farmer, and off he walked.
When Mr. Gibson tells this story
he says positively that a nut does not
make any noise and that farmer who
had lived in the country all his life
without discovering that fact is too
stupid to live anywhere else.-NeN
York Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07

thorns are inserted. According to
the gospels of Matthew (xv., 10, John
(xxix., p and Mark (xxvii., 29), "the
soldiers plated a crown of thorns,"
but the text does not mean, so my
cousin, the archpriest explained to
me, that tEorns were used exclusively.
The crown was of a size to fit an
ordinary head (its exact diameter is
twenty-one centimete:s and about
three inches in thickness) yellowisn
from age and entirely made of bull
rush, of the kind used in the Orient to
make fruit baskets; tat is, small,
round bulrushes, two or three feet i'll
length AS to the three remaining
thcrns, as far as L could judge, they
belonged to a variety of parasite
thorny bushes quite common in Asia
Minor and Northern Africa They
were about three inches long.-Dr.
Melite E. Charter in New York Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
SAYS PlNG-PONG IS 4 NUISANCE

Complaint OF Dweiler ia AN Apart
nent Under the Scene 81 The Came
Ping pong has the Advantage of be-
ing possible in any kind ST room, and
it is for that reason esskesfzilly adapted
to the dimensions Of the nrdinary fiat.
So it is a favorable diversion with fat
dwellers who feel like zeshdng a few
friendsain forth customary pleasant
evening. a'SS7 =s@* S.sS SI.E..:E ...z5s
IF ping pong is suited to apart
ments,' said one fiat dweE3er, Il would
like to say that it is, in H1y opinion,
much more suited to the: Eat in which
it is played than it is 20 the other
apartments in the building.
'The family that lives over me is
addicted to the game, azd / am ia
miliar with some of the drawbacks Of
living in such close relatEzans with ha-
bitual ping-pongers.
"Regularly every nighk utter dinner
I hear the furniture in the drawing
room above me being pulled about the
room. know that the large table is
being prepared for the game.
After that hear steadily until bed
time the invariable two hnnes of the
bats, ping-pong, ping ksaag, as the
game goes on. don't Raaow at what
time they stop. / escape ito bedroom.
before that time and try 1xs go to sleeI
1T is not possible to- dcs anything il
the drawing-room in wEsch the con-
stant and unchanging Ikng pong is
heard"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Secret of a Hunters
Great Success.
Explained.

Keeping the horse between him and
the geese, the Mexican began to circle
around them. Now and then the pony
stopped to take a mouthful of grass.
Any man, let alone a goose, would
have taken him for a loose animal
grazing on the prairie
In course of an hour he had been
worked within fifty yards of the
thickest part of the bunch. Some of
the stragglers were not twenty yards
from him.
Then Gregorio stepped from behind
him and fired one barrel at the geese
on the prairie and another as they
rose. He gathered five or six, then
rode to the division fence a quarter
of mile away.
Evidently it was his intention to
enter the next pasture The fence
was of three strands Of wire, the low
est one two feet from the ground.
Gregorio got down from the saddle
and at a word from him the horse
sunk TO his knees, then turned upon
his side Gregorio took him by the
headstall and pulled his head under
the fence, then took him by the tail
and pulled his hindquarters under,
and so, pulling first at head and then
at tail, worked HIM through.
Once clear of the bottom wire, the
pony rose, shook himself and stood to
be mounted as il nothing but of the
ordinary had happened The mystery
of Gregorios ability TO go from pas
ture to pasture in search of geese and
ducks was explained and the ranch
boss was SO tichled by it that he in
structed his men to let the Mexican
alone.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Story of a
Clever Pony

Great numbers of wild geese were
killed along the Texas coast during
the past winter, as happens every
year. That region divides with the
Dakotas in the fall the honor of being
the greatest goose field on the AM
erican continent
The increasing shyness of the birds
was more marked than ever. The
geese have been shot at SO much in
only grown wiser, but many of them
have ceased visiting that region.
1t is no longer possible to kill quan-
titles of geese in Texas by simple pass
shooting OF digging pits on the Gulf
sandbars
There died not long ago in the Nue.
ces region a Mexican poacher named
GlegoliC who in the winter sold geese
by the dozen when other men could
not get feather. All Of that country
Is in vast pastures fenced by barbed
wire and Gregorio being market
hunter. was ordered to stay out of
t'cm all.
III o1Nel " heep MN OuC Tie SdleS,
which are far apart, were locked and
only the ranch bosses had keys Still
CGegUriO would continue to 20 from
pasture 10 pasture, covering thirty
miles in day and to show up in
Corpus Christi or RCckport at night
with Canada geese hanging to his sad
die and strung all over him.
One day an overseer of cowboys
saw him a mile away ON the prairie
and, being curious. dismounted and
watched him. Gregorio was on foot
1"o yards from a large flock of geese.
His pCly had been unsaddled and un-
hriUled
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07

was in jail they gave some clothing
and ten dollars in money, thinking
that she would know best what she
wanted and SO spend the money more
wisely than they.
A week after the gift had been
made deputation of members called
at the squalid home to see the results
of their assistance. They found nc
improvement in the condition of the
family.
\'Well, Mrs. Nolan" asked one OF
them, "how are you getting along?'
Fine" said Mrs. Nolan.
Did the clothes fit, and did you find
g. use for the money!"
"Sure, the clothes fitted fine, an the
childer looked SO nice I had all their
pictures took wild the money We gave
me, an IN goin' to have me own took
this week to send to the old folks in
Ireland. youths Companion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
SIGN That FAiI&d-

Up On Lexington ayeRae an, enter
prising music dealer w2aD desired 60
call attention to his Wares had sign
painted in artistic white 1etters on a
black ground and hung III pn his outer
wall It read, "What is tlnme without
a pianc?"
One dark night along eanae a painter,
with material of his: trade m hand, who
either had no music in Ms soul or had
a cultivated taste beyon& Tagtime and
the ordinary performer, xnd added a
word to the sign.
When the music dealesr arose in the
morning he was surprfsEa ut the ap-
pearance of his sign. TX Rad: what
IS home without piano. Peace
The final word was Eazzasessly oblit-
Grated and the sign take1x Irom the OUT
er wall and hung benirA the protec-
tion Of plate glass.-Bossan Globe. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Took the Starch Out
of Station ANtOcrat

THAT reminds me- said the travel
ing man, of an experience at Nc
Leansbcro, ILL.,, years ago. 1t was
bitter cold Sunday morning when l
went to the depot to take train west.
1t was the only one that day and due
in about an hour. The waiting room
was cold Huddled in a corner was
country woman, a waiting passenger,
with two small children, both crying
from the cold. An empty stove, no
c~al, no matches, no agent in sight.
"Whilc debating wha: to do to re-
leve a trying situation, l thought l
heard a. noise from within the ticket
oIicc. which was hidden from view by
a window covered with paint. l lis
tened closely and soon distinguished
the hum of voices from within.
"A little scratch in the paint COW
erinE the ticket window revealed on
close examination four young men on
the inside by a warm stove playing
cards One was evidently the agent.
.'Enraged, I kicked on the door and
alternately ratified on the window till,
with a slow, hestitating shove, it went
u2 a. little and from within the agent,
q youth with a surlv air, demanded,
What do you want?' Boiling. with
rage, yet imperturbable as millpond,
I asked for telegraph blank, which
was flung to me, and this is what l
wrote:
General Manager, s. & O. S. w.
r. R-Dear Sir: Send competent
agent to care for McLeansboro sta
ton. Present agent playing cards. in
office: waiting room no fire; passen-
gers freezing" =: eE.~* sz:.:z- =. :
GAS placid as If nothing was. out OF
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
STOLE MACHINE kT Rus LEISURE

a xonoes100' 0I1SkSnn6DD 13K04un1 Ae~
quirement OF. = >Iraeas@nE.efnsIe'
"Ours is a peaceful sectinn,''' said
Col. Dan Turner of Memphis, Tenn, to
a group of western men who had been
discussing robberies, hn1d-ups and
crime in general But when we do 3,
thing down in Tennessee, We do it,
right, and robbing people OF corpora
tions is done to the quems taste when
one of our citizens sets out to do it.
Mot long ago it became necessary
for one of the railroads to build q
small branch line, and a traction en-
gine was sent down there with the
first load of road-build11g material tc
haul ties on heavy trucks from little
mountain hamlet near where the road
was being built When khe workmen
had finished hauling ths ties the en-
gine was placed alongside ahe road un-
til it should be convenient to haul it
about six months, and shen the con-
tractor came along to elsar up, he was
rather amazed to find that nothing but
the boiler of the traetizsm engine -e-
mained where he had p2aced it. TIC
make matters worse, eyevy bolt ana
rlVet that could be remoEed from the
boiler was missing, too 4 search was
Instituted, but the missing parts of the
machine could not be found
Some time after the tAEfa of his en-
gine the contractor hass occasion to
drive through the country again, and
stopped at a negro's blacksmith shop
to have shoe fastened ga his horse.
While the smithy was at xzgrk the con-
tractor walked around tne shop, and TO
his amazement, found in aEae corner cf
the place the missing parts of his en-,
gine. He Immediately charged the ne
gro with stealing it, ana 122e man ad
mitted his guilt. When zsze contractor
had recovered from his surprise at 1ae
find he asked the srnitLy why he had
not taken the boiler, too, agzn the latter
replied that he was makzy2g tackle to
take to the roadside ana gft the boileE
into his wagon when zEKe contractor
took the thing away"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
A Rea! Help.

The Woman's Aid Society of New
York has done great work in helping
the poor. Like all charitable organi-
cations, it has to contend with in
gratitude, stupidity and wilful i'm
providence The Commercial Adver-
tiser relates one instance that is anus
ing to read Of, but must have been 4
trif'e discouraging to the society.
To poor woman whose husband
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
This Gander Lived tn He Sk.

The great gray gaRdeE of DanVille.,
Pa, has passed to his fatEers. He was
IS years and a few muax1hs old. He
was raised by the late 4 II. Phillips
and at Mr.. Phillips daaath was be-
queathed to- his daughtsx- For some.
years she kept it. and taea gave it, a
year ago, to. Mrs. Agnes Walker of
Slider HILL t~. = -
He was blind. when he died and hads
been for a year; and for several months
could hardly walk. - rs5 IL. r.. s. II
He grew bald many yeauB ago, and it
is presumed that young, frkssious geese
mocked him, for. it Was his habit to-.
cover his topkn0t. with: m1d to hide the,
sign of the years. His da1fh is now a;
matter of town talk. ANA N ever a.
gander was sincerely m1znza,ed he is.
He was the oldest g0nae knDxn to the
town. t.=E=I -S=z 4 si5s:s5 i: . . 2s. E5. 81
s.s The more . spinstr seee n4 men the
A0fGs
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07

The church in Buecken, a German
village of about 1000 inhabitants, has
I a notice board which bears the follow
ing legend in large letters: "Cyclists.
and hens are forbidden> to wander
around the churchyaru.' ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Sheldon Still in Politics.

- They are talking OF running Rev.
Charles M. Sheldon for mayor sof To-
peka, Kan. Mr.. Sheldon is the author
of the book called I'm His Steps," and
about two years ago edited the Topeka
Capital for a week to show how he
believed Christ would run news
paper.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07

One convincing proof of good citi-,
zenship is the prompt payment Of
your bills. " b s.& S; Is &. 555 a
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07

Men are led by trif1es. "-Napoleon
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Necessity is the mother OF advertise
ments. ~-f
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-12-03
Sal Ian
puerto eaI 6Ql|9ll0l
La Estacion Naval en

OuIobra Nov ~ m squi coyEien
III Nm desisivA opinion en- N que ne
refiere HIN SE tici6n NxyaL
HeIfio muehAs peascnAs ami
stir jnicio "a ese punto
Las mas crean qua T. oetRci6n
navajo mi prOxect0 eestableceI4
Cnlehfx da6tC&ud0Go fSknsJnan
IN Mari Goals nm carboners
6e alegAecomorsx QnesestAds
lss es mas estrat6Rlcs, pofque dofni
loe dos cansles, 81 de FAjardoy
al do Sauthomas. Sc Alega ade1naa
que rssultArfa ID eatsci6n musho
mss econ6micA para 81 Tssuro Eede
raj.
Attends se considers qua ninkun
pue1t1 de Paerto Rico reune Ias non
dici6nss de Il Gan Bahia de- Guile
bra
Ia dnica difscultad aquf 60 Ii g.
rencia de sguay 6sta Aoaso pueda
ser vencida hacienda aqua Is recc
gfendolA presisamente on Inn 6pocas
dc uuvias.
Otros, no obstSnte, no 90 iresuel
ven por una opinion determinedns
considerable il condicion rocAlIosA
del suslo de esta Z sls.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
son las mas positivas.
MAC KINLEY

Segun nuestros IL formes, las es
CuelAs de esta Capital estan hacien
do preparAtivos para rivalisAr, en-
10 fiesta del diA del &rbol. En- 10 que
leva Ell nombre de Ma, kinley, align
NOS alumnos lIevArAn trAjes simholi
cos, represeptando a]0unoa nj boles
WILLIAM. PENN
No Sc conocen Aun los prepare
tivos qu' hscen los profesores de es
to escuels, aunque 81 Demos queson
muchos, aur que ocultAmelt,. Prom
to tendremos oportuni0Ad &c como
cerlos y de antemano, les felicita.
mos ......
ESCUELA INDUSTRIAL
Los ejercicios del sArbol Day.
que 20 llevar&n 6 efsctos en- esta 90
cuela, serln muy apropiados por te
ner terrenos que 10 perteneCer, don
de los nihos tendrku OCCASION de sem
brsr arboles y cuidArlos en- 10 sucesi
vo.
LINCOLN
In escusls de este nomhra no
quiers quedArse Atrks y est2 hscien
do preparativos misterit sos: & IN de
quedar lucida eli dis de In dests del
Atboi. Q,e conste que llevAmos Ia
bitkcora de La snspiobrAs escolares.
COLON
Ramon Nygron Collazo que ca
nm professor qne vale, pero mas disi
mulado que eC.riona. & s'sotto VOC
che" para quessu escue
IL rsys graz ssAtngA. Lo celebra.
mos.
POETAS
Pobres pcetss! No tienen an
momonto de descAnsO, 6 % mejor se
encuentran con unA linda maeetrA &
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que he rasado y Dtras cosas mks, de
relativa impOrtAncias
sMks tArds podreis iusgarme.
Por ahora me lin to 6 signiffcar &
usted que soy ~inocente del delito que
se me acuas, y que sifaerA eulpable,
y para sAlvArme ecesitxrA elaudi.
car de los iaeales de toda mi .vids,
me hundfsia antes de deshonrar'
meS.
sSuplicAndo 6 listed, Il inserci5 n
de las presentes lfneas, como recti.
6csci6n 6 los errores en- que hi incu'
rrido su peri6dico en- ell ndmero de
AVER, me suscribo de listed AtentR'
mente.
RO3ENDO RIVERA GARCIA.
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TARJETAS de- vista con sobre
y sin clos, % hacan en- SLa Co
r resnnvAaneia.p
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an T fsimo masatro Que le pide yer
o alusivos para 10 a ssta del arbol.
ORALoREs

81 NAL est6u los poetas, peor ea
tan los orAdores. Los ! ros no
les dejen tranquilos imitxnaol ,s y
comprometiendoles para Que nrn
nuncien discnrsos Of dia de il fssta
del Arbol: Hay cindadlno que II lane
ONE hablax On cnatro e4caslas dir
tintAs.
Dios Lon ampAre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-13
WILL SPEND $1,000.
Rock Island Will Have a Fine Office
at FL Paso.

FL Paso, Texas, Jan. 13.-Carpenters
commenced work yesterday morning on
extensive improvements that are to be
made in the city office of the Ell Paso
Rock Island route.
The work to be done in the Rock
Island office consists principally of
making more room and putting in fine
new furnishings.
The counter and all the office furni-
ture will be of mahogany and will be
very elaborate. Mr.. Breasted says he
will have the finest railroad city office
in Ell Paso when the improvements now
being made are completed. If he re-
tainS that distinction long he will have
to make it fine indeed, for soon after his
work is completed the identifying and
making more convenient the T. & p.
city office will be commenced.
The interior of the office will receive
new paint and paper, the entire i'm
provements costing at least 81, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-13
MYSTERIOUS VISITORS.
Fort Scott Thinks the Frisco Ohdc-
Ials Are Planning Improvements.

FOtr Scott, Kan, Jan. 13.-There are
reasons to believe that the Frisco Rail
way company are contemplating some
extensive building improvements in this
city and that they are to be commenced
in very short time Just what these
improvements will be is not exactly
known, but it is reliably ascertained
that the officials are figuring on re-
modelling the depot and removing the
dispatcher's office to the second floor.
There will be sufficient room there after
the improvements are made.
For a week or more the cOmpany'S
head officials, including General Man
ager WinchelI, General superintendent
Davidson, Superintendent of Transpor-
tation Gray, H. H. Hammond, superin-
tendent of maintenance and way, and
Mr.. Blodgett, superintendent of bridges
and buildings, have been making peri
odical visits to the city in special cars,
and until today it was not known What
their mission was, but it was conclusive
that they meant to make some radical
changes in some of the departments.
Sunday General Manager Winchen in
company with several other officers
went all through the depot building and
made an investigation.
The officers visit here was also for
the purpose of investigating the con-
dition of the round house, which is also
too small to accommodate all the en-
gines that are used in carrying on the
large volume of business. 1t is learned
that improvements are to be made there
but the nature of them is not definitely
known, but it is the opinion that the
place is only to be enlarged.
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a run of poor luck. According to a story
he bought horse last spring. paving s165
ing and the animal seemed to be all right.
~, That It night howeyer he was, , aW va;
morning it was dead. The cause of death
is a mystery.
ground to be inclosed by the new. machine
shop. The steel for it is that which was
viii be be laid soon Between the outside vail vail
and the first column of piers on the west
used oniV temporarilv for unIoading steel
for the framework.
David Hodgson. who during the. sum
mer was, Waterman at the new black
smith shop. but who for the last few
returned to Topeka. MI. Hodgson, until
a few years ago, had charge of the track
worknlen in Topeka yards, and previous
to that was roadmaster of a line in Iowa.
After some time next spring it is planned
coaied up from a new gravity chute which
lob Of tearing down the old one which has
built into that town, has been begun and
in its stead, until the new one is IS, finished
will be located at the place where the
storage track now is.
the fire builder in the roundhouse, has
been promoted to the job of firing. He
will begin his locomotive service proper on
the left side of yard engine. and rap
idly as vacancies occur Will be given jobs
have had job of this sort as their goal
have been unable to reach it on account
of not being able to pass the physical re-
CuirementS-
Three of the Lantry engines which have
been in the shops here for general over
hauling for about two months, were ready
to be sent out to Strong City today. There
are two others to follow and it is proba-
BILE that within two weeks they will be
ready for service. When all Of them have
and men which the Lantry brothers are
to take to San Francisco to do the work
of filling the China Basin will be started
together from Strong City
Several days ago a sample of sediment
which has settled in the bottom of cars
used in handling the Beaumont oil and
has been the source of trouble In keeping
the valve through which the liquid is
drawn away open, was sent here for
analysis. Experiments reveal the fact that
that it is sulphur and although forming
from one to two inches deep in car of
oil, there is possibility of it's being of
commercial value. The publication would
be considerably above what the cost of
that article is now. Most of the sulphur
comes from Sicily, where it is taken out
and prepared for marketing without much
trouble. The only sulphur beds in North
America are in Mexico