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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01
Hooh3cun 1Gow1sy-YhsoA 0wl6.

Three owls that appear to be part
monkeys have been fosand near Req
Bud, Ill.,, says the Chicago Inter Ocean
Two of the birds are Reu in posses
sion of Phil Onerding, hotel keeper
Of this city, and are viewed with great
curiosity. The owls are two months
old now and SO far have shown mo-
signs OF feathering, and this adds to.
the monkey likeness They have
arge,rstarings eyes, hike tlees owls, even
the beak being depressed. but the fore
head runs back like that OF the
monkey. The hoot which has made
the owl well known is ahsent. The
vocal powers Of these monkey faced
beings are somewhat hnpaired. They
remain silent unless Disturbed. when,
they let, out 4 hiss Ike that Of g..
snake. They were taken from a nest
in the woods near Red Bud about q,
month ago by George Canpenter. &
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01

Thus, no one ever thought of laying up
stores for the morrow, and if there was
general failure of the crops the ma
tives often suffered severely from lack
Of food. The first council decided unan-
imously to prohibit maiangas, and the
custom was dropped at once, for the
natives IRE wonderfully law: abiding
and obedient.
AS the SamoansI are naturally vir-
tuous people, I have left their marital
customs rundisturbed, except that it is
now necessary to get certificate OF
permission from the native governor
before xhe ceremony. Then the couple
and have religious service or to get
united in the told-fashioned native way,
fa'a Samoa. OF course have not in
terfered in any way with the religious
belief nf the people. Missionaries go
on with their work of evangeliZ1ng
and educating just as before the ian
nexation. The London Missionary So
ciety has by far the largest number of
converts; in fact, in a religious sense,
it dominates tthe group. The society,
r1an form '0f Christian worship, has
churches and schools all over the ISL
and, and "a new high school for girls
has just been completed at Leone at
a cost 6f over 100000.
The taxation question was serious
problem at first, for Samoans, like
most other people, naturally object to
be taxed lby others. Here again
turned to Fiji for example, and set
tied the matter by allowing the natives
fit. Money was needed to defray the
expenses fof administration, and the
native councils assessed each village
at whit !they considered fair amount.
No money is asked for, but each dis
trict must make and deliver so many
pounds of 'copra, the dried kernel of
the cocoanut, which is the chief native
product. Formerly the natives could
only get a cent a pound from the tral-
ers for their fcopra, but 1 have sold s.
by tender for nearly two cents. In
this way we raise revenue of about
$500, which is sufficient to defray the
modest expenses of our administration.
Manua, the other pricipal island over
which have charge, is some 60 miles
from Tutuila, SO that it is more rarely
visited l have pursued the same pol
icy there, with slight notifications to
suit the peculiar character of the peo-
pie. The Manuans, being SO isolated,
have some strange customs, unknown
to the rest Df Samoa. They used to
have queen, whom they regarded
with the greatest awe and reverence:
They wo1shiped her so highly, indeed,
that she was never allowed to leave
her house, and was guarded closely
day and night. The poor girl natural
ly fell ill under such treatment, and
one night, a few years ago, the house
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01
He Was Clever,

DR.. Guthrie, an authority on mill
tary surgery fifty years ago, was a
kindly man, though somewhat brusque
in manner. Sir Joseph Prayer says;
Il was his house surgeon, and we got
on very we'll together. One day, when
we+were going through the wards with
a large following of distinguished Wis
itors, foreign surgeons and others. We
stopped by, the bedside of an interest
ing case, when Guthrie, found fault
with the dresser for something he had
done. The student ventured to reply
and Guthrie said: 'Idare say you think
you are a remarkably clever fellow,
don't your No, SIR said the youth,
earnestly. I DON'T But you are.
though said Guthrie. and passed on. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01
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20 The prisoners Of England shelter
many titled and aristocratic prisoners
among them begin relatives of his ma
jesty, the, king, who have suffered ig-
nominious penalties at the hands of
the law Lady Cunning, widow of Sir
Henry Cunning and granddaughter of
the second Lord Churchill, is serving
term of several years penal servi-
tude for having forged the name of her
rather to notes on which she raised
money from London discounters and
tTadesmen. These forgeries extended
over number of years, and were con-
sidered especially objectionable from
the fact that her ladyship was driven
to commit them not from her reduced
circumstances, but from Indebtedness
caused by betting on the races Mrs.
Osborne, wife of Captain Osborne of a
crack cavalry regiment, heing in desti-
tute circumstances purloined costly
pearl necklace, which she later sold in.
England, and was sentenced to i'm
vprisonment with hard labor. Nor was
any greater judicial leniency shown
GWynette Maude, granddaughter of the
Earl of Montalt, who was sentenced to
stHU years Imprisonment with hard la
! Dor for obtaining. goods under false
pnebenses. The Dowager Duchess of
Sutherland, presuming too greatly on
the latitude allowed her rank, de-
stroyed in the presence of the court
a afdocument that would have insured
her defeat i'm a suit she was conduct
ing. For this she was condemned to
j six months Imprisonment The Count
and Countess Leiningen, distant cous-
ms OF the King, are neither of them
p1 great credit to their royal connec-
tions. For his many misdeeds the
count is confined In an English pen
itentiary, while the countess is serv-
ing time in Vienna Jail as punish
nent for forgery, blackmail and swim
ding. Still greater degradation has
been undergone by the Marchioness Of
Donegal, who has time and again been
sent to jail, generally for brief periods,
following her arrest in London for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct
Still another connection of the English
royal house, the Countess Waldeck,
fs1now undergoing punishment for for
seIy and perjury under circumstances
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01
.CHIEF'~OF TUTUILA.

CHIEF OF TUTU1LA.
a pusndly, gentle, simple-minded race,
a.l ,tltvwas only due to the lack of good
go,,.,tnn1ent that they developed war
like tendencies. The first thing I did
was to. disarm the natives. They gave
UP their guns readily enough without
compensation. Il considered that the
best way to govern these people was
to !dst them govern themselves. The
Samoans are still in the patriarchal
state; the head rOf each household is
supreme ruler of 'his own little fam
lily, and these chiefs, in turn, form
council which governs each village.
of the other, though there is par1ia-
ment, or >fono, :for every district,
which, however, used to do little more
than talk. My aim was to modify this
system SO as to adopt the plan which
has proved SO successful in Fiji, of ap-
pointfng native chiefs as local magis-
trates, 0r governors, In each district.
The great trouble was the SUPER
abundance of material available. Near
Ely every other man was "a chief, and,
naturally, they all sought the coveted
positions. There was no question about
the head chief, Manga He was un-
doubtedly the man of highest rank in
Tutuila, but the minor chiefs all
seemed to: have equal claims to prece
dence. However, after an exhaustive
genealogical research, we got the right
men selected, and the natives them
selves elected them magistrates. Then
we held a general council and very
eensibly the natives began to il1sti-
ltute their own reforms.
There were" many injurious customs,
which had existed from time immemo-
rial, which could only be abolished by
general consent Chief among these
was the practice of going on malangas
or large picnic parties. A whole vii
nage would suddenly make up its mind
to take a wandering holiday. All work
would be dropped and the merry party
would start on it's travels. With the
Samoans the virtue of hospitality is
developed to an excessive degree, and
1T was the bounden duty Of each viii
loge to lavishly entertain the visitors.
Dances were held, all the pigs were
Killed and fun and feasting were the
order of the day. This went on as long
as the supplies lasted, and when the
resources of one village gave out the
tourists moved on to the next. OF
cousse, when the visitors returned. to
their homes this. boundless hospitality
had to be reciprocated, SO that there
was always malanga going on some
where. %- -.
This system led to a shameful waste
of food and induced improvident, hab-
ats. If village had nothing to eat, 1t
would 60 somewhere else and get food.
1f, however, provisions were plentiful,
others would come and eat With them.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01
Evh-s OF EATING ALONE
UJspsDssa Shawn TO Be Increasing n
- -. marriage ID DofoFxesl, &c..

UJspeDs1A shawn TO Be 1ne7eaz81e -
: Marriage h Defezresl, ....
At ! time Ike the present, when f1sR-
marrying age OF the average man at
middle class is being more and noeFR:
postponed, the physical Ills ok bacaae~
lordom come increasingly under the no
tice Of the medical man. 1t is nof
good for nan or woman to live a1cna
Indeed, it has been well said that for,
solitude to be successful man must
be either angel or devil. This refas.
perhaps mainly to the moral aspec1e:
of isolation, and with these we hasE
physical ills, however. which .naz~
the least among the Disadvantages aE
loneliness OF these there is many q
clerk in London, many a young bar
rister, rising perhaps, but not Tan:
enough risen; many business man cH:
Journalist, who will say that one of ttse:
most trying features of his unma1T1eG,:
life is to have to eat alone And r.
premature dyspepsia is the only thinss
ever takes him to his medical nxan>
There are some few happily disposeis
individuals who can dine alone anG'
not eat too fast nor too much nor tu1:
little With the majority it is dlHE-
ent- The average man puts his nove8t
or his PAPER before him and thinks
that he VIII lengthen Out the mea3
with due deliberation by reading lit
tile with. arid more between, TIE
courses. He will just employ his miniE
enough to help and too little to inter-
fere with digestion. In Fact, he w1EE
provide that gentle mental accompanI-
nent which with happier people con-
versation gives to a meal This e.
your solitazy's excellent idea In real
ity he becomes engrossed In what he 5ss
reading till suddenly finding his clioE
cold he demolishes it In few mouth
fu1s; or else he finds that he IL htn<
cry and paying NO attention to the
book, which he fIings aside, he rushe&
through his food as fast as possible teE,
plunge into his arm chair and 1iteEa--
ture afterward. In either case the
lonely man must digest at 4 disad-
vantage. Certainly it is not good 11p
eat and drink a1one It is n sad faeE
of our. big cities that they hold hun
dreds of men and women Rh0 in the
day are too busy and at night too lonely
to feed with profit, much less with anN
pleasure.-From the Lancet =,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01
Natural Tunnel Ii . Wonder.

In locating the Virginia and South
western railroad through the Allie
ghanies from Virginia into Tennessee
advantage was taken Of natural tun-
mel which is one of the wonders of
the world. The distance through this
tunnel is about 1000 feet, and so near
1y perfect is the tunnel that only sixty
feet of blasting was necessary. The
region is Of limestone formation, as
always where there are extensive
caves. The cliffs at each end of the
tunnel are 400 feet high, and the
scenery in the locality is remarkably
fne.-Indianapolis X s-2 ~. ..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01
Man Has . Right: to Spit.

The laws and rules against expecto-
rating in public places. as street ears,
ferry boats, waiting rooms, etc, are
becoming more and more widespread.
But New York Judge has made5a rule
which will either send the anti-spit-.
ting ordinances into .'innocuous desue-
tude'' or create an unprecedented de-
mand for cuspidors. The Judge re-
ferred to discharged three men hailed
before him on the charge Of splitting
on the floor OF q ferry boat. He said
to the officer who made the arrest: 6
What's the use Of arresting these
men You know we will have to dis
charge them whenever there Is no ,ac-
commodation such as = cuspidor. Men
= have to spit, and =if cuspi pidors are not
provided they have TO spit elsewhere & &
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01

I appointed q king who, <of course, iBx
In reality only q high chief, subject.tos
my control, but the natives are quite.
satisfied, and have nov abandoned the
custom of fmprisoniug their ruler. 4. i.
The white population Of the group :is
very small; and is not likely to. increase
much, as there are few opportunities for
commercial development. Though the
soil is very rich, the country is too
mountainous for cultivation, and there
are no large level areas suitable for
plantations. The only native industry
is the production of copra, which is
purchased by the traders or exchanged
for European goods. 81,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01
HELEN FORSYTFS ODD
WAISTBELT SOLD. :.

A magnificent specimen of New
Zealand greensboro, which is extreme
ly rare nowadays, was sold last week
at Messrs. .Debenham e Storrs auc-
tfon-rooms in London. The stone,
which is Fashioned into a waistbelt,
was the property Of the late Helen
Forsyth and was sold for $500. 1t is
set in gold and the greensboro is dec
Grated with grotesque figures of Maori
deities. Some of the panels are set
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01

who came before even the Britons in
the history of the island. This world
famed monument of antiquity, the or
igin of which forever must remain a
mystery to the human mind, is now
inclosed by a high fence Of barbed
wire. To this has to be added the
novelty, Of a turnstile, through which
persons desirous of inspecting the
stones may pass on payment of 1 shil-
ling each. -" ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01
OAK STUMP AS a CANNON
II Ti1.a 1za.,


In BIrmIn4haD.
The residence of Coroner Paris In
the southwestern part Of Birmingham
Ala, was badly damaged yesterday
afternoon in a~.m0st peculiar names,
big hole being cut through one side:
by shot from an old stamp. Dur7ng
the tornado which recently swept the :
south side of the city two huge trees
were blown down. on the Paris places
and yesterday afternoon Coroner Paris.
employed a negro to. remove the fallen.
trees, which were zoo feet from tbs
house. The negro sawed the trees uIt@'
leaving the stumps cut eM short ansa'
partly buried in the ground One Cd
these stunps, big oak AFFAIR, 1eane<R
house. The negro waated to blow this
stump to pieces, and 70 this end bes
bored 2-inc1t hole in il from the sidef
and then inserted a stick OF dynamite
The hole was then closed up and tho
charge exploded. With the ezplostodD!
of the dynamite the heart of the oak
stump shot from its place like 4 eas--
non bali and few straight for the
house, striking it broadEde and boring
Il huge hole through the wall. T2pR
stump was uninjured, except that Ehse
heart was removed, and after the ex-
.plosion~ it stood pointing its ~muzz3e"
at the house like q huge ldece OF aTtiE
lery. No one was hurt, the room In
which the oaken shot fell after passing,
through the. wall being gz,occupied fos
the emonent-Atlanta News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-02-01

A PATRIOTIC TUTUILAN. BELLE.
caught fire and she was suftocated.
Naturally, there were no other candi-
dates for the vacant crown, and. when
I took charge Aanua was getting along
q best she could without monarch.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
0. A. G Notes.

The Farmers Short Course, which
consists Ol \ series or lectures pnd prAc.
tical experiments, began Jan. Ia aud
will continue one month. The attend
ance lbia year is not 90 large a. II has
been heretoiore. No special advertising
was done because, az present the accom-
odalione are inadequate for largo mum
bers. Those present, however, repre-
sent all parts ot the state.
The q. a Il. Go. have laid short
branch track from the main line TO the
cite OF the new agricultural hall 90 that
the material may he taken 90 the place
where ID will be used before II is taken
from the cars. Fifty carloads of stone
are nov standing on the main track,
aud all the cement Is here. Much OF
the stone ie already dressed.
The hrut OF the preliminary oratorical
contests Was hel on Friday tho Gath.
This contest deoides upon a representa-
tiyel0f the local cont Get who will Try Tor
honora 90 represent the college in the
state contest 10 be held al salem.
President Catch has promised a cup 10
the society which will win In debating
contest with another society la the
school. The cup must be- defended by
the winning society against all eomers
who are eligible 10 debate. There are
eight eocietios In the school 90 that the
plan affords much encouragement.
The excavations Tor the new building
have cut up the parade ground, necessi-
tating the location OF new parade
gronnds. The place ia not yet chOeen.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
GROUCHER
AND THE
BROWNIE
Noted Criminals Wanted by
California Police.

A len Goucher and the Brownie, ,"men
wanted in San Francisco for numbering
9 policeman last week, we're in Salem
about two years ago. The one called
Brownie" ia believed to he K. d.
Spencer, who has been Goucher's
partner for several years. They
escaped from Frisco and are thought
TO be on the steamer "Columbia," "
which will be- watched by police officers
and detectives on it's arrival at Astoria.
About two sears ago Goucher and
Spencer we're arrested in Portland for
larceny Of an oyeicoat from
John Hismsn Of this city. They were
allowed to plead guilty to petit larceny
and served a jill sentence Of
25 days here Neither Of them would
have Photograph Of themselves
taken. and we're given their choice OF
having the pictures taken and being out
on bonds or remaining in their cell for
about four months until court convened,
aud they chose the latter.
Both men belong to good families,
although they have led criminal lives
for number Of years
Goucher's father is criminal
lawyer Of San Francisco. His uncle, DR..
Goucher of McMinnville, was formerly a
partner OF DR.. j. F. Calbreath. Spencer
has sister living near Salem Both
men are are well educated.
They were in Salem three months ago,
and on reply to a query as to what they
were doing here, remarked that they
were "only looking around for a job"
Some excellentl ink sketches Of both
men we're made BY Murry Wade Of this
city, when they were here in Jail, and
these will be sent to the chief Of police al
San Francisco.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
DIT ORAL
TaE cRYoF sHur our TnE cHINEsE.

While we are talking Of our great ex.
tena.On Of commence into the Orient
aud the Open Door 20 China, we are pro
posing TO pass a more rigorous exclusion
law.
Not much 10 said about excluding th,
Japanese, Filipinos, Hawaiians, Italians
and other peasant laborers OF Southern
Europe. All those peasant and coolie
laborers are allowed 10 come and 60.
The section crews OF all the western
railroads are made mp Of Japanese cool
les. No white men are employed except
"a foreman, and often not for that.
The Southern European Latin races are
building the railroads aud great irriga-
tion works, are filling the mines and
metal Industries, hut absolute exclusion
Is 10 be applied alone TO tina Chinese.
No wonder China is up in arms and
tryiugto kiln tho bin before congress.
II we were not seeking TO capture tho
trade Of China, II we we're shutting out
she laborers Of other countries, II we're
different.
The new Portland charter contains
provision that no labofer shall be en-
ployed on public works In that city who
is not an American citizen or has an
nounced his intention Of becoming such.
We believe that is h sound principle.
and the editor Of the paper introduced
bill 70 that effect for state law In 1895.
1t was drst passed aud then by Portland
inhnenceu killed.
Nov Portland. demands for herself
what her representatives. then refused 10
eFapt 20 the lAboring msn OF all the state.
The problem Of Chinese laLor is a seri.
QUE matter, but a great nation should
take a position that is consistent.
We ehould not aek commercial iavors
Of China and then discriminate against
She people Of that country. We can
afford 70 be just and equal in dealing
With pll nations Il We expect jaatico aud |
equality ourselves.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
LoANMo THE srAre FUNDS

The suit that il now pending before
Judge Boise, TO stop the collection Of in
lercst being paid to an eH-staie treasurer
for the use OF state funds, IL not exactly
oredilable 10 this commonwealth.
Tns JoURNAL prints some Of the tssli-
mony before the court, and some Of the
facts shown by the books Of tho bAnk
bat more ioT the purpose Of attracting
attention b the detective system than
for any other purpose.
Oregon could easily have a much
better system OF handling public iunds.
system productive Of better results 10
she people and oi more satisfaction and
protection 10 tho treasurer.
The stats treasury has been "a good
thing" uncle George Webb died q
poor man, and 30 iar as known was
guilty ol none Of the practices usaally
resorled 10 10 help out ridiculous cal.
AIRY Of $500.
Itisa neW thing Ia Oregoa that
treasurer uhonld be able 20 get revenues
ontol The oiiico long after he has been
out oi oilioe.
Let the people study tho facts
brought oui IN the report Of the trial
printed today ana be prepared 10 rem.
ody the evils.
The treasury should not longer be run
a. : slde-shos 81 the banFs. Il would
Be interesting 10 know 10 how many
banks the treasurer nov suing 10 oollec,
lnteFnal haa eefllnoaies oi deposit draw
ing Interest.
There should b. no more legislative
white washing commitseea that conceal
"a tbs mslerlal iacla and all The abuses
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

A city minister was recently handed A
notice 10 be read from his pulpit. Ac,
companying IL was clipping from a
newspaper bearing upon the matter. The
clergyman started 10 read the extract
and found that il began: Take Kempe
Balsam, the best Cough Cure" Tbi =
was hardly what he had expected amid
after moments hesitation, he turnee
II over and found on the other side tina
matter intended for the reading. 3
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
EX-COnViCt Run
in by Police

An unusually eccentric and peculiar
specimen Of mankind was taken care Of
by the city and county authorities Mon
day. II was Donata Marencbia. an
Italian, who had concluded term OF
eig years OF servitude ut the peniien-
tiary on Saturday and was on Monday
confined in the asylum for the insane.
He was in prison Tor having shot an
Italian, boot black in Portland The
man, however, recovered. Daring all
the time he was serving his term,
Marenchia would speak 20 no one. An
other Italian was received there from
Southern o eRon about year ego, and
he attempted to converse with Maren-
CHA, but nneuccessfully. The only word
he spoke while there wa3 TO tell this fe-
low countryman goodby c on the morning
he left. superintendent Lee gave him
money sufficient to take him back TO
Portland aud 10 buy food. Sunday night
he was found on the street and taken
care OF by the police, being released to
look out for himself during the day.
He was found later wandering around
the streets and woult talk to no one, was
examined as to his sanity, and sent to
the hospital.
The work performed bv him at the
prison WAS Of the most simple nature and
II anyone attempted to engage him in
other work he would fight like an animal.
Hi finger nails we're worn nearly an inch
in length.