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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-02-21

The honest tiller Of the soil
When marketing his crop,
Takes pains to put the ripe and bes'
Always upon the top.
I use to think those honest men
Would never cheat nor try,
But thinking now Of what thupk, 4
I think thunk lie,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-02-21

Thomas 3 Rose, Attorneys.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
ALL HAD THEIR NlckNAmEs.
-
Pupils Sized Up Teachers With Unerr-
j.. inQ .Accuracv.

Pupils Sized Up Teachers With Unerr.
ing Accuracy. .
. ABILITY to take a mans measure. or,
as they say it themselves, to size him
up Is the possession Of nearly every
boy OF school age," said an ex-peda-
gogue the other day.
I'm the school where l taught the
boys quickly htt upon Pop as the cor
rect name for their principal, because
they soon learned that he resorted to
nothing more than a father1y side talk
as punishment for school lawbreak-
ers. The first assistant, however, i'm
pressed them in quite q different man.
ner. for he was known in their private
councils as Fiery Spike the first part
of the. name. rejecting the possession
Of much temper, the last part a long,
lean body. Rusty Harry was name
which brought to the youngsters Wis
ions of a young, man teacher, whose
hair was the color Of oxidized iron and
who was terror to boys with, tar
nished memory. Each teacher had an
extra label. and each one of the la
bells fitted remarkably WE'LL"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26

.Pult Lower Jaw: for Whoopins Cough!
Jacob Sobel gives the results Of his
own experience, with the paroxysms
of whooping cough treated by pulling
the lower jaw downward and forward.
Pulling the lower jaw downward and
forward controls the paroxysms of
whooping cough in most instances and
most OF the time. The method is u.s.
ual1y more successful in. older chill
dren than in yodnger ones and infants.
In, cases. without a whoop the expira.
tory spasm with its asphyxia is. gener-
ally, overcome: and in. those. with a
whoop the, latter is prevented. It is
as successful as any single drug, or
even more SO. Mothers should be in
structed In its use, so that attacks,
especially at night, might be arrested.
The manipulation is harmless and
painless. Its only contraindication is
the presence Of food in the mouth or
soesophagus. Patients thus treated are
less likely to suffer from complications
and sequelae than those treated only
incidentally. ) It is advisable o::=try
this method in other spasmodic coughs
and laryngeal spasms. =. New. York
Medical Record. ). ~. %. -. .s: !. 5. >
- : f. { r. e J.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
BROKE UP THE FAMILY.
Unfortunate Result OF Purchase OF
Herd!o of Steers.

Unfortunate Result OF Purchase Of
Aerd'of Steers.
"A curious result of our buying these
steers was in one instance the break
ing up OF family. We bought ten
by far the best; by the way, that we
got at all-from a gruff old-timer of
ranqhman, paying him $45 apiece,
or $40 head more than we had CIV
en- elsewhere. His cattle were year
cider and worth it. AS soon as we
had started with them he set out for
town with his wagon and team-an
all-day's dEive-intending to cash our
check. and bring back the winter sup
plies for the family. Several days
passed, as we heard afterward. and
still no word from him. At last his
wife persuaded neighbor to 20 to
town and hunt him up if possible. He
found" the old man in a gambling
"diye," his money all gone and one
horse of his team played off. The
nelghbor got him out somehow and
brought him home. When5he arrived.
smoneyf yfesss grubaess. and= WITH on1y
zone horse, his wife was SO indignant
that, more Americana, she quit him
cold" The ranch was In her name,
and she sold it to the first buyer she
could find at his own price, took her
little boy and left for parts unknown.
y: r. E. Sumner, in Longman's.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
Quit kickinu,

Quit kicking just because you think
The old worlds going wrong;
There's always something somewhere
or happiness and song,
Besides, you never made the world:
L1fes scheme is not your own:
Quit kicking; take what happens. and
just reap what you have sown
Quit kicking. When the play is bad
=, Remember what you've. lost
Some other fellows gained, and so
In summing up the cost
We find that in the end we know
What other men have known
Results? We take them as they come
We reap what we have sown
Quit kicking, man. The worlds not bad:
At least, it could be worse.
We live and dream; that's worth tho
:. while;
We ponder themes and verse:
We sing and love: we hate and feel:
We laugh; sometimes we weep
So all the pulsing passions are
Compassed in the sweep
OF what we are and what we feel
Quit kicking, man! The blame,
II. in this whtrligig of Chance
And Time you lose the game,
Is with the man who Whiles his life
Complainingly away.
Just laugh, old man: just dream, and
love;
: Just iiye-and live To-day!
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26

the chances are one to five that it has
caught nothing. The bills are held
upward. the water allowed to run: out
OF the enormous pouch, and then if
any game has been caught the pelican
tosses its beak upward, which throws
the. fish forward or toward the point
of the beak, where it is often
held a few seconds, from. here
being ): dropped, as it, were,. into
: the throat, which lis very small
sstgrfdce in a veritable,,.l waste. :of
pouch: rs this N moment parhaps.sa
laughing gull robs the pelican. Some>
times it alights on it's back, again on
it's head, and the stupid bird makes
no resistance, the gull often uttering
it's victorious ''ha-ha!' in advance Just
as the fish is thrown to the tip of the
beak and protrudes from the side the
laughing gull leans forward, snatches
it and rises ,aloft-to, in turn, be fol-
lowed by the swift man-of-war bird.
In this simple way pelican will be
robbed by successive birds and will
swallow. but a small percentage Of
what it. catches. which, possibly ex.
plains why it is always hungry.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
How the Pelican Feeds.

Charles F. Holder, the naturalist, de-.
scribing a pet pelican which he form.
erly owned in Florida, says: ,'I can
not. recall that the pelican ever re-
fused food. After the most impossible
feeding it had the same detected,
half-starved attitude and the same
asthmatic cry for more. It was only
after many months that discovered
that the pelican can never be- salts.
fed" He thus describes, the fishing
exploits of these birds:z:: I'm feeding
they generally flew. twenty to. thirty
feet above; the water with rapid mo.
1tion of the" powerful wings, holding
the head slightly upon zone side. that
they might observe the schools of sar-
dimes. When the latter were sighted
they would plunge bltndly downward,
opening the mouth widely just before
they reach the water, endeavoring in
this clumsy manner to catch the fish,
which, not being able to see upward,
were entirely ignorant of the nearness
of danger. Rising after the plunge the
pelican invariably wags his diminu-
tive tail-a self-congratulatory act
which confirms the birds stupidity, for
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26

and Maher occurred at Lantry, Tex,
in 1896. The Cornishman declared
openly that he intended to settle the
fight with one blow: II have. never
forgotten that time Maher hit me in
the nead,' he said,. and I'm going to
make him sorry he ever did: it. .:.Em
going to hit him once. He'll lie down
when I. do it. Listen to what Tm
saying. I'm going to hit him once. :"
After the battle Fritz said TO-. his
friends: II never saw anything like
it in the ring in my life. When Maher
stood up before me I could see a
look of awful fear in his eyes as they
saw me put out my left as if l meant
to do some jabbing. His hair almost
rose on, end. He hadn't got over that
awful punishment in four years. My
left must have stuck in his craw. He
made swing at my head. stepped
aside, and as his own head went down
my right met him on the point of the
chin. The floor was his, and he stayed
there 1:said I'd hit once, and did"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
Man and the Hereafter.

Any one who has followed the
course of practical religious thought
during the last few years cannot have
failed to recognize the gradual lessen
ing of emphasis upon the resurrection
'both of Jesus and of men, Even hymns
that speak about heaven are reserved
tor funerals. There has grown up a
habit of treating all matters pertain
Ing to life after death by way of allu-
sion. We are told that the resurrec-
:tion is present in the higher life, the
moral uplift in human hearts. That
is why We have trouble in our preach
ing. That is why We have preferred
Ito. turn our ministers into: entertain
sers: rather than to keep them prophets
and priests. That is why men do: not
listen to ethical preachers unless they
are interesting" A morality that hes
:itates to speak of heaven and hell is
4 very delicate, hectic mother of
saints. You cannot get a man to be
good on general principles. He wants
to know something definite as to the
outcome of his career. For practical
purposes If there is no hell we must
invent one; if there is no heaven we
must invent that, too.
You tell us, you writer's of beautiful
sentences printed on thick, cream-col-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
Made Fitz::s Head Swim.

"The worst two minutes I ever had
in the ring" said ''Lanky Bob" Fit1-
simmons to an admiring acquaintance
the other day, was with :, Peter
Maher in New Orleans in 1892. / i
guess I got a little careless and>:let
him punch me on the head."~ Fitz,s
head fits '6% hat. 1T seemed like a
trip hammer had struck me. My head
buzzed and swan and got light. My
brains didn't work. didn't seem to
know what to do. was on my feet
all right, but l had lost all. sense of
generalship. The only thing did
was to jab at Maher with my left
while i struggled. to- pull my: added
brains to their senses. The round was
nearly over. when I came to. The first
thing I realized was that jabbing was
just what Maher needed, so 1,kept it
up through the fight: and won in the
twelfth round without striking :: an
other: blow" - =: H.,
The second: meeting between Fitz
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26

ored paper and bound in beautiful col
ers, you tell us that we should sacri-
flee for the benefit of the people. But
why? Why should not they sacrifice
for us? Is it not just as much theil
duty to be a1truistic as it is ours? You
urge us to lay down our lives for the
benefit of the race and for human sol
idarity, and tell us soul-thrilling sto'
ries borrowed from Victor Hugo. But
why? Why should we sacrifice our
selves FOR posterity? If neither we
nor they have anything more than a
life here. why should we be so keen
upon preserving race of bipedal ami
mails who wear clothes? Existence be.
tween birth and death does: not seem
to most OF us sufficiently attractive to
warrant maintaining it at all costs.
And it is very difficult to discover the
basis Of, morality in a stock farm. Con.
vince US that the story Of the gospel
is. true,. and that. death does ont close
the book for us and ours, and you con.
vince US that life has it's great values
in the newer stage for development
into which.men are going. Then we
have something definite to think
about, some hope worth acting upon,
some motive that will lead to sacri-
fee. That sort Of gospel will not be
nt-ChristendOm.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26

ms haunch! With that the beast
sprang up enraged,> d,>::struck the axe
from the mans hands, and attacked
him viciously.'' .,
Bruins roars startled the son, who
looked up and saw. the beast with open
mouth closing in upon his father. Be.
fore he. had reached the spot the, man
and beast had engaged in a death
grip. The mans hand was in the
beasts mouth, clutching it's tongue,
while the beast was lacerating his
arms and legs frightfully. +. Just as the
son arrived the man fell, but still kept
his: hand we'll thrust. into. bruins
mouth. A moment later and doubtless
the beast would have freed itself and
killed the; man, but the, son.. with a.
woodman's dexterity,, raised the fallen
axe and struck the bear such blow
on the head that it rolled over. dead.
Bears are said to be. unusually nu.
merous in the backwoods this year.
Toronto (Ontario}. Globe. J. .>%zf.. ).
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26

AS illustrating both e.facts statet
above the writer can neysr forget. see.
Ing q. woman tight-repe whose. rope
had been left too slack. She, was per-
forming at a. great height :and when
she got to a certain distance along
the rope, the latter sagged so that she
could neither advance nor retire. The
public knew nothing Of the danger till
the manager in an agony tried to, get
two immense, ladders, tied together, up
to the.rope.. But this arrangement fell
short, and even il it had not done SO.
no one would have dared to rest, It
against the swaying rope. I At last the
ladders were held boldly upright. by
strong men till the topmost trung. just
touched the rope, and then the gallant
young, fellow "a sailor, went up while
the ladders swayed about as though In
a breeze. He snatched the woman on
the rope and held her, just as she
tainted and dropped. The I. balancing
pole. !. ]. h. s. s.4...z.a z> >.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
when: Ones Nerve" Fails,

It's a curious thing, and one that
remains al standing puzzle even to
those connected with the business all
their lives, that tightTope, trapeze and
other daring performers who chiefly
work in the open air are far more IL
able to sudden nerve failure and to
"stage fright" If it may be called, theA
are the fellows who only, show their
prowess under a roof. ,'
Another fact equally we'll known is
that once a woman performer has
heard. the ringing shouts:::of an ap-
plauding public, once she has learned
some dangerous, feat, she viii run
risks and quite fearlessly perform
tricks that no male In the, same line
would dream OF. The woman athlete
has not to be urged on; she has to be
restained. more often than not. It
may be said at once that few among
the public know how near dealt htsuch
people occasionally are. s..,s s ss5< .5<.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26

that somewhere in this period you
were miserably spelled down on
"fish'), laying. votive offerings upon
the desk of your first love, a girl with
brown eyes and rounded; rosy cheeks.
These offerings are in the shape of
bright pearl buttons and carnelian peb-
bles. The transfer requires much
breathless daring. Down the aisle of
the schoolrpom> you march, !your gift
tightly clutched. in your hand, which
swings carelessly by your side. Past
her seat you scuttle,, and, without a
single glance, you leave the treasure
upon the oaken top, beneath her eyes.
Away your hurry, affrighted, ashamed.
apprehensive, but hopeful. Presently,
blushing, from your seat you steal a
look across at her. She smiles roguish-
ly. The offering is gone. It is accept
ed; for she holds, it UP that you may
see. And you grin back as red as a
beet, while your heart, exultant, goes
thumpity, thumpity, thumpity.-Cen-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
The Hearts First Love.

In the utmost beginning of things
In that time when roosters were very
large, and geese were fierce, and only
mother could overt the thousand
.perils, heal the thousand wounds
existed mythical partner established
in family annals as "Your Little
Sweetheart ~, -
: "Annie?" Don't you remember An
ME? Why, she was your little sweet
heart. You used to play together day
in and day out. It was so cute to see
you.
But, no. You may catch here a bit
of blue ribbon. there an echo of a
laugh, yet, try as you will, you may
not recall her. Evidently when your
little sweetheart Annie was put away
along with dresses and curls she was
put away so far that she was lost for
ever.
What space of months, or of years,
-elapses you cannot tell. Nevertheless,
suddenly you do witness yourself, still
of age most immature (you recollect
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
Bears Fight for Life.

A desperate fight to the death took
place at Notre Dame du Lans, near
White Fish Lake, between two men
and an enormous black bear. Olivier
Pelletier and his son, employees of Mac
Aaren & Co., lumbermen, were put
ting some logs into the lake when
they saw the bear about to plunge into
the water.
Pelletier sprang for his rifle, which
was near at hand. Seeing him, the
bear turned and started to run away.
A bullet in the shoulder caused him to
halt moment. A second shot, which
took effect near the breast, brought
bruin to the ground. Half an hour
later, having finished their work, the
men lighted their pipes and sat down.
Presently the elder got up, anti, taking
an axe, went to make sure that the
bear was dead. for he said he could see
a slight twitching of the limbs. He
went over and placed a hand on bru-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26

VIII put on: the gloves with You for q
quiet bout. II you knock me out /
Will agree with your friends that you
are the champion. II knock you, out
J you shall attend church every Sunday,
unless h1ndered, for one year.
The young athlete extended his
hand on the proposition. >:EIe was in
/ glow about it, not so much because
me was sure he would win as he was
an iadmirer of the rector's physique.
!. Il don't know where the contest
took place. could not swear that it
ever did take place, But very soon
after the incident l. have mentioned
that young athlete became a. regular
attendant in our church: Then he was
confirmed, and, Of course, is now a
fulLfedged- churchman. All inside of
a.year.
"And while he is fond of hunting,
fishing and cross-country running, ETC.,
he never speaks of boxing: any more.
But he. ;. Is the best churchman in the
parish. think the rector knocked
it out of him. Don't YOU think that
a preacher who could do that is
strenuous enough to be bishop?"
The delegate whose support was be-
ing, solicited replied that he was in
favor of type of man for bishop, and
he pledged his vote then, and there.
The vote was not delivered, however,
for the rector refused to be candi-
date before the convention. The lay
man who tells the story added. :,
That's the sort Of preachers the
church needs to-day-preachers who
can knock man into the church il
it can't be done in any other way
New York Sun. >.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
BUTCHERS WHO WERE FAMOUS
That Occupation Has Given Birth 60
Many Great Men. :.

That Occupation Has Given Birth 70
Many Great Men. :.
The butchers trade has perhaps
given birth to greater men than any
other occupation in life.
In ancient times we find that in
Athens Lysicles, one of the greatest
politicians in that great city, was a
butcher and cattle dealer.
Cafus Terentius Varro, the Roman
consul, a man of extraordinary elo-
quence aud ability, who was unani~
mously elected by the Romans to COM
mand an army OF 12O, 1000 men to fight
HANNIBAL, but who. was defeated by
him at Cannae in II b. c., was the son
Of butcher.
When the celebrated White Ship
went down with the future king of
England, in 1920, one man alone; Ber-
c1d,' a butcher Of Rouen, was saved.
Cardinal Wolsey, lord high chancel-
Tor OF Engla and papal legate to
Henry VIII, was the son of an Ips-
wich butcher: -
Ihe :fmmortal Shakespeare, the
greatest poet the world ever knew.
was likewise the son of butcher and
draper, and was when young appren-
t1ced to the trade for a while.
Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson
Crusoe," was butchers son; so, too.
was Mark Akenside, MD, author of
pleasures of Imagination" Stray
Stories.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-26
Won the Poets Heart:

Passengers who go downtown on the
Sixth avenue elevated train at Ger
tain time every morning have long no.
'uced the mutual animosity of Mr.
Dolby and the man with prominent
blue eyes and bushy red hair. Some
how those two always happen to find
neighboring seats, and the way they
used to exchange belligerent glances
and sharp remarks prepared onlookers
flor real battle at any stage of the
game. Last week, however, the ene-
mics appeared to fly a flag of truce.
For the first time during their ac-
quaintance they approached each other
IN Christian manner. The passen-
gers were mystified, and as they are
still wondering over the suddenly de-
>veloped spirit Of brotherly love, 1t
seems the duty Of those who know to
;volunteer brief explanation. 81
I'm the first place, Mr.. Dolbys per-
sonality must be considered. He is
poet. AS he is fortunate enough to
get a few of his lyrics published he
also reads them. When in a jocular
mood he says he does this because If
he doesn't read the stuff nobody else
will. One morning Mr.. Dolby left his
boarding house in dispirited mood.
A poem of his had appeared in a morn
ing paper and had afforded much
breakfast table comment of a caustic
nature. Mr.. Dolby was still wrestling
with the barbs thus lodged in his SEN
strive bosom when he entered the train
and sat down beside the red-headed