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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03
Fisherman Are Blown Away.

BAY CITY, Mich. March. 1.-Two
hundred and fifty fishermen were
blown out into the lake on a huge Ice
fioe yesterday and are being rescued
gradually today by small boats. The
undertaking is very hazardous but no
casualties are reported.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03
Many Boats are Crushed.

CLEVELAND, o., March 1.-The
breaking of the ice gorge caused the
ice to strike upon many yachts at
Rock river in winter quarters, and
many boats We're crushed. Estimated
that the loss will reach $4,000
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03
Mis-. Stone Visit. American Minister.

CONSTANTINOPLE. March L.
Miss Stone visited the American min
lister here today Immediately upon her
arriving.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03

The membership of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Fremen has doubled
since 1894, being now 40.728, against
fewer than 81 900 In 1894.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03
The water Record.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, March L.
The susquehannt river this morning
reached twenty-%iEht feet above low
water, the highe3 y since 1866.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03
Wreck D.,ass prince Henry.

PORTAGE. Pa, March 1.-Prince
Henry's special is held here by a
freight wreck and cannot possibly
reach Pittsburg before this afternoon.
A shabbily dressed man approached
the prince while he was taking a
constitutional. and was Immediately
placed under arrest
At Altoona, Pa. band serenaded
the prince this morning.
The Prince Reaches Pittsburs.
PITTSBURG. Pa, March 1.--Prince
Henry arrived at the station at l:15
p. m.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03
Lincoln's Birthplace to Be Sold.

HODGENVILLE. KY, March -
The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
near here. has been advertised for
sale for taxes. A few years ago the
government made arrangements to
eypend several thousand dollars on
the property and turn it into a park.
Later it was bought by eastern capi-
talists as speculation. They have
now abandoned it. and the place.
therefore uncared for, has gradually
gone down until the value today is
not more than enough to pay the taxes
on it.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03
Cecil Rhodes III.

CAPETOWN, S. A. March Cecil
Rhodes lies here Ill. but he is not in
danger.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03

Subscribe for The Herald.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03

The Prince Re.ehe. Pitt.burs.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-03
Applaud Roosevelt

CHARLESTON. S. c., March L.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
MISSOURI AND con-
Ss FISCATED IN NEW YORK. L q

Judge Clarke OF st Louis has con
victed and fined heavily number Of
grocers for selling baking powders con-
tanning alum. =, .>. =,
The week before the Health Depart
ment Of New York seized quantity Of
stuff being sold for baking powder,
which they found was made from alum
mixed with ground rock, and dumped
it into the river.
= The Health Authorities are thus taxi
ing effective means to prevent the in
PRODUCTION into our markets of injuri-
GUS substitutes in place of wholesome
baking powders.
J. AS alum costs only two cents a.
pound, there is q great temptation for
those manufacturers who make substj-
tutes and imitation goods to use it..
Alum baking powders can be detected
ty the health authorities by chemical
analysis, but the ordinary housekeeper,
whose assistance in protecting the
health Of the people is important, can
not make q chemical examination. She
may easily know the alum powders,
however, from the fact that they are
sold at from ten to twenty cents for a
pound can, or that some prize-like a
spoon or glass, or piece Of crockery, or
wooden ware-is given with the powder
as an inducement
AS the people continue to realize the
Importance Of this subject and consum-
ers insist on having baking powder of
established name and character, and as
the health authorities continue their
vigorous crusades, the alum danger
will, it is hoped. finally be driven from
our homes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
MANY SPIES EMPLOYED BY SULTAN

Turkey Growing Demoralized Under the
Present Vicious System.
In no country and at no time of the
worlds history has the spy system
been developed to the point it has at
tanned in Turkey to-day. It is most
elaborate organization and costs an
immense amount Of money. There
are spies and counter-spies, and
counter-spies to the fourth or fifth
degree. Their number is legion, and
they are to be found in all classes of
society, from the highest to the low
est. Besides the minister of police,
almost every high dignitary has his
own service of spies, says the London
Chronicle.
These are all rival organizations,
and spend most of their time in spy
ing and denouncing each other. All
prominent persons are closely watch
ed, and followed even while shopping,
and should they meet another person
OF note and exchange few words,
the fact is carefully noted. Turks no
longer dare assemble in parties of
five or six for the purpose of spend
ing their evenings together. 1t is i'm
possible for three or four of them to
sit down at table in a coffee house
without having spy at the next. On
such occasions they always speak
very, loud, 50 that everybody may
hear them, Should . European con
verse with Turk in the street, spy
will follow them and try to find out
what they are saying. f.
The result Of all this is that the
Turks avoid one another's company
as much as possible, and whenever
they do come together the conversa-
ton is on the most futile subjects and
quite childish. The Turkish nation il
growing more and more demoralized
under the present spy system.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
MARK TWAIN AND HIS sls1EN GlNE.r
Unique Method of Propulsion on the
r." 49, Mississippi River 5.%> z"

Unique Method Of Propulsion ON the
-. .,.'.|2. Mississippi River =
= Captain Thomas Bixby, under whom
Samuel L. Clemens-Mar,x Twain.
served as pilot and engineer on the
old Mississippi river boat Swallow,
has given in New Orleans paper the
following description Of the engine of
the Swallow:
THE craft was a little, shaky at
fair, which piled between st. Louis
and Cairo. It had a stern wheel,
place for freight and passengers, a
pilot house and a place on what may
be called the pilot deck for the en-
CINE.
"That engine went aboard when it
was needed, and only then 1t burned
no wood or coal, but ate a powerful
sight of grass. It was a large gray
mule named Jerry, which worked
treadmill that propelled the boat.
Samuel Clemens was chief engineer
and pilot.
He had system of signals which
was effective and ingenious. BY pull
ing a cord he could raise head Of
cabbage just out of reach of the mule.
The engine would start and begin
to walk after it, and the boat f1oated
majestically down or up the river, as
the case might be.
without desiring to be personal,
Will say that Jerry was one of the
most intelligent animals I ever met.
His voice was more on the order Of a
fog horn than a whistle, being too
much of barytone for the latter.
When Samuel wanted to whistle for \
landing he just hit Jerry with a stick"
Youths Companion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
TRAITS OF "PRAYlNG MANTIS.'
French Naturalist Makes Thorough
Study OF Peculiar Insect.

French Naturalist Makes Thorough
Study OF Peculiar ms ect.
Very strange is the insect popularity
known as the praying mantis" OF
this insect M. J. H. Fabre, a distin-
guished naturalist, has made thor
ough study. According to him, "its
long, pale green wings, like ample
wells, it's head appraised to heaven, it's
arms folded and crossed on it's breast,
give it false resemblance to nun
in ecstatic devotion"
A ferocious creature it is, ever bent
on carnage, the workshops of various
burrowing hymenoptera being it's ia
vorite haunts, since there it is almost
certain to find prey.
POSTED on some bush near the bur-
rows" says M. Fabre, in his account
Of the insect, lit waits patiently until
it sees some other insect, probably d
sphex, returning home. BY a sudden
rustic of it's half-open wings it terri
fies the approaching insect, which
hesitates for a moment, ard then as
suddenly as spring the toothed fore
arm folds back on an arm also toothed
and the insect is grasped between
the blades of the double saw in the
same manner as the jaws of wolf
trap close on an unfortunate wolf at
the instant when it is Selling the bait.
Then, without Enclosing the deadly
machine, the mentis slowly eats it's
yictim.'
In Provence this cruel insect is
known as "prego Dieou,", which
means .'pray to Cod" 49,.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Praise for Patti.

Last winter Nine. Patti was staying
for 8 few days in an isolated village
at the extreme end of Yorkshire. To
kill the monotony Of the place the
prima donna went one night to a con.
cert given in aid of certain village
institution. Not half Of the perform.
ers turned up. r..
Approaching the difficulty, Nine. Pat
ti-incognita, of course--offered to
oblige the audience with a song OF
two. Ell. ~: - 81 ~, .s.... j.; J..
\ Then she. sang, in her own glorious
way, three of her sweetest ballads, s
I At the close the chairman approach.
ed and, in solemn tones, thanked her.
well, miss he said, you've done
uncommon well. And although AIRY
'ock, the .juggler. who thinks nowt OF
takin' old Of 'ot pokers and a-swalor.
In needles, couldn't turn UP, yet you've
pleased us very consid cradle. miss. = 4 y. Ii
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
STORMS ON BAlKAL.
Tempestuous Times on One OF Siberla's
Great Inland Seas.

Tempestuous Times on One OF siberla's
Great Inland Seas.
The part of the Siberian railroad
that will skirt the southern shores of
Lake Baillal has not yet been built. It
involves difficult engineering, and the
railroad authorities decided, for few
years, to use ice-breaking steamers, tie
barges to them, load them with pas
sengers and freight cars and thus ferry
trains across the lake. But now they
have come to the conclusion to build
the line around the foot of the lake
as soon as they can, for they are hav
ing no end of trouble with stormy and
foggy Baikal. The lake is sixty-fve
miles wide and it is no joke for the
passengers to be penned in their cars
on the barges for twenty to forty hours
at time, as has happened now and
then within the last year. On these oc-
casions a storm on the lake or a heavy
fog has made it impossible to reach
port on the farther side. Anyone
knowing the conditions CT travel on
this lake might expect such accidents.
There is no good port and one cannot
be made without spending a fortune.
A while ago sailing vessels were the
only means of transport, and >they
sometimes took over a fortnight in
crossing the lake, beating up and down
and waiting for chance to get to the
landing while storms were raging for
days and days. Millions Of Russians
seem to have an erroneous idea of Bal
kal. It is the largest fresh water lake
in Asia, but the Russians do not hest
tate to call it the largest in the world.
In fact, the lake is thus ranked in
some of the biographies used in Rus
sian schools. The compilers of these
text books would seem never to have
heard Of our great lakes and those of
central, Africa.-New York Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Dumas Little Joke.

The people of France having cele-
brated the centenary Of Victor Hugo,
are now looking forward to the Dumas
centenary, which will be celebrated on
July %, 1903. Apropos of this the story
of the amusing joke Dumas played on
Lamartine and Hugo is being retold.
He once for fun addressed letter to
1.-THE greatest poet in Paris" The post
office sent it to Lamartine, the idol. Of
sentimental readers. He hesitated to
open it, and took it to Victor Hugo,
who protested that his brother bard
had far too humble an opinion Of him
self. After some conversation they
agreed to decide BY lot which Of the
two should open lit. The lot fell to
Victor Hugo, who, taking out the let
ter, read So NY dear Alfred, It was
written to Alfred de Musset. II, y Il 81 4 j.
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WHITE FEATHER

There Is no need to mention the
name OF his regiment here. That is a
secret that belongs to the army alone.
Suffice 1t to say that his comrades are
proud of his name. -
He should never have entered the
army at all, much less hard riding
cavalry regiment, which had reputa-
ton to sustain by a yearly tribute Of
broken necks and collar bones.
His proper vocation was that of a
linen diapers assistant, and he had
filled that occupation very satisfactor-
lily till one evil day he had fallen in
love with a girl, silly, shallow girl,
at wnom no practical man or 9. boy
would have taken a second look.
He adored her. and she adored SOL
Qers. In their walks abroad she would
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
HADN'T RECKONED ON SPELLING

Would-B Be Joker Who Wont Up Against
an Old, Old Game.
It is related that DR.. James Wise Of
Covington, KY, is the victim of one
of his own jokes, and that he is in
half-mourning on account Of it. From
all the evidence that can be produced
it appears that some time ago the doc
tor went up against an old game. -
One of his friends met him and,
producing pencil, said: doctor,
see this pencil? 1 can make it write
any color I want to-"
Lets see you make it write indigo
blue."
The owner of the pencil promptly
sat down and wrote indigo
BLUE"
Then the doctor tumbled and said,
That's pretty good I'll just go down
Hallam."
Down the street he went looking
for Mr.. Hallam. He finally found
him and, producing the pencil, said:
Theodore, here's pencil that I can
write any color want to with"
Then the doctor gathered himself
for good laugh.
Lets see you write ecru," said Mr..
Hallam.
The doctor smiled, picked up piece
of parer and started to work, and for
ter -cbGdsecutive seconds said nothing.
Then he said swear words, and added:
II have forgotten how to spell that
word - .'S..H.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
JAPAN RUSHING TO BANKRUPTCY.
Island Empire of the East Has BEEN
Recklessly Extravagant


Frederick Taylor, son of the late
Moses Taylor of this city, known in
ternationally for his work as an ex-
plorer was a passenger on the steam
ship Nord America, which arrived re-
Gently.
Mr.. Taylor made study of the Boer
prison camps in Ceylon and Bermuda,
explored the jungles of Borneo, visited
the Malay Peninsula, and many points
of interest in China and Japan.
Mr.. Taylor had no very exalted
opinion of the commercial integrity Of
the japanese, especially when COM
pared with that of the Chinese.
1T has been the experience said
he, 'of all good sound banks in the far
east and most particularly of the
Chartered Bank of India, Australia,
and China, that in all their dealings
with Chinese merchants for many
years they never lost a dollar, while
with the Japanese they lost thou
sands. During the time I was in ia
pan eight banks failed. The Japanese
government is in financial difficulty,
largely the result Of undertaking the
building of it's own ships, the estab-
lishment of steel foundries, and tbs
expenses of war with China. Unless
there are early reductions of expendf-
lures, Japan will soon be bankrupt.
But in the matter Of enterprise the
japanese are the Yankees of the east"
New York Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
ClInging to Polish Languaga.

The Poles who inhabit the province
of Posen, a part of the former king
dom of Poland, wish to maintain the
public use of their language, but the
authorities do, not approve of their de-
sire. Hitherto those Poles ignorant Of
the German tongue addressed letters
and parcels to their friends in their
own language. This has now been
strictly forbidden. The chief postmas-
ter for the district of Posen has given
orders to all postofhces and postal
agencies in his district that. no mail
shall in future be accepted, forwarded
or delivered which bears as its ad-
dress an inscription in the Polish Ian
guage. BY way OF explanation he adds
that the postal service is not merely a
public servant, but has also national
and educational functions to- perform.
.-Wolfgang Volt, In Chicago Record.
The interest bill Of the city Of New
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
by nature a coward, but Tor the MEM
ory Of her he swore an oath to8himself
to- do his duty without sparing himself
in the coming fight. = = 81 f. & t> 7.

ory Of her he swore an oath himself
to- do his duty without sparing himself
in the coming fight. ~. s* .>: 7. !.
Look ere, old chap, we amt going
to call YOU White Feather no more"
said Trumpeter Pipes as they lay to-
gether behind the shelter Of a large
bowlder, against the face of which the
Boer bullets were pattering like. a
heavy rain. zs,*..I
In full sight of the whole army their
squadron had crossed, the Boer front
amid a hail Of bullets which had
brought twenty men to earth. .'
White Feathers horse had been shot
under him, and, at the risk of his life,
he had carried the wounded trumpeter
into the shelter of the powders. He
was unhurt, but trembled in every
limb from fear and great exertion.
From between two powders he
peeped out and saw. amid the bodies
Of men and horses that Uttered the
plain, a wounded man crawling on his
hands and knees amid spatter of bull
let's that were kicking puffs of dust
from the dry earth all around him.
It was his captain.
White Feather watched him for a
moment; then he saw him stoop and
lie down on his side despairingly. He
could crawl no more.
II will, for her sake!" he murmured
between his clenched teeth, and, rising
from the shelter of the rock, he faced
the hail of death that battered to the
earth around him.
AS he walked into the open a faint
cheer reached his ears from the British
troops half mile behind him. The
Royal artillery backed him with a
shrieking flight of shrapnel, which
whistled for moment overhead, then
burst over the Boer lines quarter OF
mile away in shower Of bullets that
for a moment Quelled the storm around
him.
He reached the wounded man, lifted
him on his back and returned step by
step - where Trumpeter Pipes lay hid.
den.
The trumpeter gave him a fain,
'Bravo!" as he staggered and fell with
his burden into the kindly shelter oil
| the rock
That was White Feathers reward.
On a distant hill the British com.
mander shut his field glasses with q
snap.
Tell the general to keep down the
fire on the right there and get those
| men in from behind those powders,
he said to his aid, "and bring me thai
mans name. If he is alive, tell hin
that I saw it all, and that I'm going
to recommend him for the cross. Never
saw a finer show of finer discipline II
my life" added the commander tt
himself as his aid galloped off.
| White Feathers eyes glistened as hf
received the messages and heard thu
cheer that swept along the lines as hi
was carried in.
perhaps I shall get that commission
after ALL" he said to himself; "the1
| she will think more of me-"
Perhaps it was just as we'll that hi
| died five minutes later-this faithful
| worshiper of a goddess of clay.
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THE GE TIE SPRING.,
POET RousED TO FRENZY BY THE
4 s...It ,zs (, GLAD SEASON. y D..
Hu1morIst of the Baltimore American
Strings Together a Few vaErant
Verses to Celebrate the Advent OF the

Behold the robin singeth from early
dawn till night; and they that sell the
garden seeds do work with main end
might to cultivate the custom of the
poor suburbanite
fea,s verify, the blqebird atop the
garden fence, to chirp his merry mel
ody doth eagerly commemorate stop
peth for the insect that tempts his
hungry sense.
The peach crop in New Jersey is
frosted as of yore-'til told in daily
kilograms and messages galore-and
thus we know that gentle spring is in
our midst once more.
The gentle poet seeketh for mouth"
to find rhyme, and writeth gladstone
ditties about the joyous time; and
frlsketh all his pockets to find way
ward dime.
The lively iris tinteth the breast Of
| FURNISHED dove in ballads penned as
parodies and winding up with love-
the which to the waste basket get the
came insistent shove.
| The fancy of the youthful to tender
channels turns; and for some giddy
damsel every soulful swain now
yearns; while on the wayside alley the
winter garbage burns.
The willy haberdasher displayeth
--latest stock; the crafty man who
maketh hats annOunceth newer blocks,
and in the shirts the ribald tint some
other color mocks.
The pink and crimson blossom lends
luster to the trees, where sigh the
soothing cadences of browsing honey
bees-and pessimistic weathermen
give warning of freeze.
! The ladies lutter wildly from home
to shop and store; they purchase lace
and silks and things of shape and hue
galore, until the cruel husband says
he can't pay any more.
The milliner triumphant concocteth
Paris hats-in pyramids and up-and-
downs-in pancakes, rounds and flats
and fondly of the elevated price she
calmly chats.
The proud and bloated coal man
with countenance benign, declareth
that the weather is wonderfully fine
and hath the legend "Ice'' installed
where Goal" was on his sign.
At Crown Point Indiana, they have q
rain of frogs; the shelters in New
Jersey tune up in all the boys; and
up in Pennsylvania are snakes as big
as logs.
| The Custervi11e Palladium assertetf
that Bill White is painting up his barr
again with all his main and might
and that the cutters should be cleaned
as they're an awful sight. r.
The politicians cunning their vii,
ways resume, and lend an air Of joy
fitness to erstwhile winter gloom b!
harping on the merits OF the presiden
tial boom. ~
The man who writeth jokes takes VI
his trusty fountain pen and babbletl
Of housekeeping woes that poster al
the men and ringeth in tired feeling
for the thousandth time again.
The landlord getteth busy-and ask
eth every day if there be any more re
pairs that ought to come his way, TO-
we'll he knoweth folks will move abbu
the first of May.
Aye, verify tbs true, indeed, as tru
as anything, that this, my child, il
now the time whereof the poets sing
by all these signs and symptoms i
is now the gentle spring.
Josh Wink in Baltimore American
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
How He Worked 1t.

81 don't see why they call you the
star boarder," complained the fellow
who always got the wing.
''That's easy replied the other, in
his copyrighted superior style. II just
twinkle-twinkle, and the landlady
doesn't know what I am and lets me
stay on blind faith
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
Wanted to BE Prepared.

Lady" said Meandering> Mike,
would you give starvin' man some
thin to eat . .,!'}<-=. -..;
perhaps. But you are not starv-
ing" II. -. l. ~. -. al. -.
81 know it, lady. But an ounce OF
prevention is worth a pound of cure.
amt it?' # H.: s>%: II
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-07
A Real H clip.

The Woman's Aid Society Of New
York has done great work in helping
the poor. Like ell 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 ::
triAe ~,discouraging to the society.
To a poor woman whose husband
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 a deputation of members called
at the squalid home to see the results
of their assistance. They found no
Improvement in the condition of the
family.
well, Mrs. Nolan asked one of
them, chow are you getting along?'
Fine" said Mrs. Nolan.
did the clothes fit, and did you find
a 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 I'm goin' to have me own took
this week to send to the old folks in
Ireland."- Companion.