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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17

Rather a mechanical operation. he
commented.
"What-laughter? Yes. But there
generally seems to be hitch in the
machinery. Expresses anything on
earth rather than merriment. Ghast-
ly travesty on mirth.',.
"Scorn, derision, Defiance" he be.
gan, feeling suddenly that it was in
him to make brilliant psychic refec-
ton. But the woman lost it all to the
world by nodding absently and plung-
ing into her Office.
The man slammed his door and
flung his hat on the table.
plague take it," Here he was
ready to shoot and nobody to watch
him!
Not that he voiced any such re-
proach on Providence. Not in the
least given to doing or saying silly
things, it never occurred to him, or to
any one else, that he could be swayed
by so slight an annoyance. His pen
plodded on patiently, and document
after document took shape with all
the precision required by law; yet one
thought lurked among the grey cells of
the mans brain, and at last won it's
way into muttered speech.
"Good Lord! The idea of living day
in and out with a woman who only
smiled when she happened to think
about it!'' =.
1t was an hour before dinner, but
the man got up and went out with the
brisk step of one going to keep an ap-
pointment. Before he opened the street
door his ears were strafning for a cer-
tain sound-a sound as OF silver bells
and pure thoughts sweetly rung in
tune His ears strained in vain. ST.
lence5 brooded over his home. Still
with the brisk movements of a man
on business bent, he glanced into the
parlors, down the hall and up the
stairs. = = = -.~.:s -. ..s.s -. ~. RI:
|. "Surely she was to- have been with
them for a month" A. 1' .@sS., n, 5s.zz$. 5s 4.
Eluding the direct tendency at his
thoughts, he turned into the library
and glow Of content warmed him
as he beheld the ragtime girl before
the fire. Heaven knows why he should
have expected her to laugh then. There
was nothing laughable in the situa.
tion for the girl cornered BY this
Egrave-eyed mortal, who always seemed
to be seeing something beyond her.
But his ears were srraining for the
sound OF her s laughter. Ergo. she
should laugh Instead, she made mo-
stion to srise." " lsses ;.s:
Don t go. he cDnmanded, /, and ~
way Of explanation. IT is g raw 4ttsIs
noon. " SO!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17

growers are now beginning to recover
a portion of that colossal fortune
which the phylloxera has cost them
in the past 4 - -. :: '''.-'@
Immense though it has been, what
the phylloxera has cost is a trifling
amount compared to: the losses il
which locust mas involved the
world and ontinres to cost farmers.
!. No one can possibly pretend to e-esti-
mate what the locust has cost, so gi.
gantic must the total be; but it is cal
: culated that it still, despite the. war
ever being waged against it, destroys
upwards of $100 0,OO0,O 900 worth of crops
in the course of every year. Locusts
lay waste some 100000 acres of land
and do immense damage to half az
much more each year. Yet the hand
of every man who has an interest in
crops of any kind is turned against
locusts, and they and their eggs are
destroyed by hundreds of millions an.
nually.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
THIS is HARD 70 BEAT.
Mr.. Duncan OF kentucky Has ! Hen
I That Has. Laid Pet7Ea Foo. " "|

Mr.. Duncan OF: kentucky HIS ! Hen
/ hat. Has Laid Pehz6ed Egg. =5z.I 81.
William Mckee Duncan nf KenwCcd
has hen that has reached the stone
:, {2. She lays petrifed e- 9. =. .S...=zG g +
F It would would seem that the STONE age,
like the second childhood, comes on
unexpectedly. In fact, the alarming
eccentricity in this uzxfIcular pro
ducer Of eggs developed aa7y 1hree days
ago. Up to that time her schedule had
oeen one day and they set the clocks
oy her. Then, five days REo, for the
nrst time, she was late The lawyer
missed his car and the whole house
went wrong. =.
= After noon the 8 O'Clock eEg arrived
The hen cackled as though she hae
re really done something to be proud of
something that no other hen had eve.
done before. So She had, but they.
dld not discover it until 1zter. :
Inc egg was intended for use fo1'
supper: Then the egg Eas broken, al
least. the outer she'll Was knoeked or
lne inner part did not break. They
worked on it with a Spoon, a knife, &:
cnlsel; some suggested hxtchet an6
an axe, but still the uval lump held:
solid. 1t was petrifed- :,
Mr.. Hancan is watching his choice
tDlrd sollcitously. He expects in the
course of the next few days to have
the teathered wonder carefully exam
lned, Tor he is sure that he can prove
by any number of scientists that this
Is the only and original descendant
and miniature reprodusxaon of the
ancient roc. His Kentucky hiends are
ADVISING the lawyer to st2Ft q quarry.
Louisville Courier-Iouzaal-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
IN A COMEDY JAIL.
Prisoners Rarely Attempt to Secure
Their Liberty. -

Prisoners Rarely Attempt to Secure
Their Liberty. .--:.-.*jl
/ . Elizabethtown, the county seat d
Essex, in the zAdirondacks,p poseesss
acomedy Jail. It IS small, having win
EdoWss secured by wooden bars. anda
jail yard inclosed by a solid fence Of
three-quarter inch boards which q
healthy male could push over with his
shoulder. But the prisoners rarely,
if ever, attempt to escape. ~
Some good stories are told by resi-
dents. 1t is a custom to allow the
prisoners out on parole, so that they
may cut the grass on neighboring
lawns, do garden work, or repair roads
for the village or county. Recently
one prisoner who should have returned
at 6 o'clock did not apply for admis-
sion until nearly an hour later. The
warden angrily demanded to know the
reason, and added: -. -
Don't let this occur again or / will
not allow you to come in. I lock the
door at O clock and won't open it in
the future for you.' ~.
Another, accused of and awaiting
trial for manslaughter, overstaid his
parole and pleaded as an excuse that
as it was Saturday he thought he
would go and spend Sunday with his
wife, returning to the jail on Monday
morning. a.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
First Coal Oil La111ps
Georgetown Family Regards as Heir1ooms Two
Specimens Used ia Early Days.

A family living in Georgetown,
who have taken care of old heirlooms
left them by long line of ancestors,
have in, their possession a number
that are exceedingly rare and curious.
The objects in question are specimens
of the two earliest coal oil lamps in
vented. The mind of man runs very
much in groove, and although he
appears anxious for change and prog
ress, there are few Things that annoy
him more. -
The first coal oil lamp, of which
this family has a specimen, was made
OF brass, in imitation of candle and
candlestick, even to painting the
upper: part white in imitation of the
former. The interior of this imitation
candle held the oil, the wick, a
small affair-the same, in fact that
were used in the candles emerging
from an aperaturel in the head of the
metal candle, just as in the real one.
/ Such thing as a chimney or shade
was unknown. :s,:1ss <s-s.5 .z.e = VIZ
A short time after this lamp ap-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17

words the speaker performer his ex.
pertinent, and came back to his friend
with 9 smile and several heavy combs
of honey. ss #.as S., ss 3, ,=z:s
( II those hives had been nearly emp
ty, said the apiarIst "I would have
been lucky to have escaped with my
life. The tenants or poor hive stine
to KILL" s <.ss. .
That's strange, z said the visitor. q
should think that they would defend
their hoards with especial Jealousy,
and the more they have. tho hotter
they would fight. = ss3z.
The reason ii, said the beeman,
that when alarmed the bees fly "a
their storehouse and gorge them
selves. When fnll of honey 8 bsl
tcan't bond It's body and stins 3
hich should BE 5 lesson to ~.
ssaid Tic other. Don Get TOO fulI. 20
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
lie Best Soldiers;
Many Reasons Why Big Men Are Superior to Small
zz$zT ia Times Of Actual Warfare, s*s@.z =
! S~~4N~~~

Sc The great Importance Of keeping
she soldier sheltered on the firing
line, I'M insisted uponxn our own modern
iaalt tactics, and exemplified most forcibly
~ u. the recent fighting In South Africa,
mas 9 suggested the theory, 1 am In
| LOTT formed, that good size Is a detriment
70 the soldier even now, and will be
worse as the range of fire grows
greater and the possibility of hand
:szIuo.nand battle fades entirely away.
y IT Is easy for the theorist to de.
.Yelop this fancy to the point where
stne choice shall be for soldiers as
small as possible. to whom any fair
] ssazed boulder would give cover. tx
81. But neither that objectionable, fan.
! !; 1sastic view nor the one nearer reason
70 which my attention has been call.
.ea, considers the toilsome training,
tne s. e heavy hardships and the miles OF
marching MAJ that lie between the recruit,
ing station: and the firing line. 1t
must must be conceded that, being in face
/. .o1 the enemy and within range, and
being as good a shot as his big neigh.
Dor, the small soldier has the advan.
sage OF needing less cover and of pre-.
senting a smaller target when cover
e unattainable. --.5 III .<
s. /. But long experience has shown
hat, while the little man often mani.
rests: a strength and energy out of all
proportion to his inches, the rule is
tnat good size in true proportion to
weight means strength; and without
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17

strength in its individual members an
army. will become vanquished by the
very fatigue of campaigning possibly
before once %encountering the enemy.
For q hundred years our American
size regulations for; recruiting have
stood the severe test given to them
by many wars; and there is not the
slightest reason why they should be
changed because the bayonet charge
is now being passed up into the his,
torical attic of the obsolete, and bat
tie tactics. are taking on more and
more. of a guerrilla cast. No matter
what the effective range Of firearms
will prove to be, the commandant
must still, as always, bring: his men
into: action as healthy, as strong
3nerved and as unweary as possible;
and to be sure that they have the con.
stitution needed for this the recruit
ing regulations must always look to it
that they are of the good average
size which has hitherto given the
best results ~ :
r. What is said here Of the fighting
army applies equally to the National
Guard of the several states; because
while national service is not the aim
in raising and training it's regiments
the men are the first to enter volun
.teer national regiments when. they
are needed, and it is proper that they
should be. excellently 1t to do so.-
Nathaniel B. Thurston in the Wash
ington Evening Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
Owns Maximilian,s Coat

A coat that IS Of great historical
interest was discovered at jackson.
Miss. the other day, and is the I. proD- SO,
zerty Of Prot. Ad. le Maftre, an . old
Frenchman, who has been teaching
the language to q small class there
for several months. This garment il q
the one worn by the Emperor sMaxi.
milan just before his execution 81 on 4 al
the morning Of June 4, a 867: Prof.
le Maitre was one of the very fe,w, .,,s who Sc,
Witnessed the execution, and the un-
+fortunate emperor pulled the coat on
Just before the word to nre was given ven.
and, handing e 80 le z1daitre, told Hin
TO keep II. He prizes Il higher thaln,
he does life itself and thougl, spoor
man bas refused lsrge sums & monIsy,,,
for IS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
The Rag-Time Girl.
BY F. H. LANCASTER.

Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
That was what he had called her-a
ragtime girl. And everybody agreed.
phony here-only taking bits of bright
ness. Much merry laughter and gay
chatter, sweet sunshine in the shadow,
sweeter song in the silence, but Of no
practical use. Quite ignorant Of the
ethics Of money making or soul saw
ing; in short, posted upon precious lit
tie save the science of being glad
hearted-and of making others so.
Occasionally God sends such sun
beam to dwell among us-and he had
called her a ragtime girl. Lifting his
lip little, not in contempt, for he
was a gentleman, but with sensa.
tion of superiority that sat smiling
to his egotism.
His ideal woman was strong, Sc.
rene, soulful and many other of those
big SIS that are SO apt to spell sulks.
"Quite saturated with a purpose in
life, and bending all her energies to
it's accomplishing" Which, being in.
terpreted, means selfish. But the man
had not gotten as far as the inteEprsta,
ton yet. He thorght il all very grand
and fine. Which, perhaps, it was In a
way, though the way was more likely
to lead to a blind alley than to q sun
ny upland.
Her office was just across from his
and he watched her working away, day
in and out. 1t never occurred. to him
that she was only earning her bread
and salt in a roundabout way, instead
of taking short cut to competence
by doing something she knew how to
do. He thought her high-minded, de-
voted, plucky. Hence his lip lifted
when he spoke of the girl
And the ragtime girl? Knowing lit
tie, she yet knew that the mans up
per lip was short and tender. A piece
of knowledge unluckily acquired. Bet.
ter for her had she continued to hold
him stern-browed and horrid When
a girl begins to watch for a certain
expression on a mans face, she is in q
bad way-or at least her peace Of mind
is. Any one but needless, merry NOR
tai would have realized that a month
ago.
Meantime the mans acquaintance
with the woman began to be punctu-
ated with handshakes and snatches of
conversation. Transit treats" he
called them, because taken in the ele-
vatOr.
The woman was as clear-headed as
he had imagined her to be. She lis
:ened well. He found out where she
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
g{7 -5,f-- -! - gEvt@5.AENE f.Gt!.E.
A LESSON. FROM THE BEES.

6 : sSa "A . =
Habit Of Industrious Insects 4 Pointer
: s;:.Ss ;ts @za 0 sss TO Humanity. 5.@.S
Cont stir up a beehive unless you
know It is arich one" said an apiarist
I to- visitor at his bee farm. b !.
.s q think that would leave them
alone & altogether was the reply.
Fhey have too angry q abuzz about
them to win my comic dence. Z s
s You are not used to them, that's
al, said the beeman. s or example,
these hives are full of honey, and Il \
pun 2 little smoke into the doors, 60
g to sort Of suilcate the sentrles, 4
can topple !. .hiveoyer, handle the bees
Ike so many beams, clean the honey
combs and carry them On The bees
swnn't harm e And 20 prove his
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
Isolated.

Isolated
Two well-known officials, une OF the
state and the other of the city, while
warm friends, occasionally get into
arguments as to the proper pronour.z-
citation of words. The other night the
word isolate" was used by the city
man, who pronounced it with the ac--
cent on the 81" as "i-snIzte," where
upon the state man immediately but
ted in"|witn "Oh, no, not 7solate, but.
isolate" "Why, you're bug1aouse,'' re-
Joined the man.. "Couznm sense.
ought to teach you that you are:
wrong. Just look at what the word
means-ice, that is frozen, which is,
to be dead one; that Is OF no ac-
count, l mean out of cofnmlssion, or
put away back, see?" No, I'll be
hanged if I do, nor Anyone else
shouted the state man. Then a pained
look came over the face OF the city
man, and with gentle Hky he saId-
You ought not to need q pile driver
or an axe: I'll speh it fur you phonet-
ically. Ice-o-late. Ice, do you catch
on? Frozen put away, efa2 = : :. :;
"Oh, @rats!" yelled Buwen, lets
have some vichy and mi1zE,'' = and Will
lam acquiesced. = + S5.@,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
yESOIA, ,sATURDAY, JANUARY az, 1903.
! Miriam had an appointment Will
the dressmaker. She told me to tell

~
2, The man nodded. He was begin,
ming to feel as he used to when he
was a boy and waiting for the dinner
bell to ring-that II he had to wait
much longer he would seize upon the
thing and ring it himself. Yet, one
cannot ring laughter even from q rag.
time girl. ILL = :s. x1: ~ 5s
= He leaned sideways against the man.
tie and stared at the fire. Conscious
only that she was getting deeper and
deeper into gravity. And he wanted
to hear her. laugh. : His neart had
Joined it's longing to the longing OF his
ears. Probably 1t was partly his
nerves.. Most overdriven men have
bad nerves-on1y it take the form OF
swearing, instead of hysteria, So no.
body notices it. Whatever the reason,
in all his life of eager aims, the man
had never wanted anything SO badly
as he now wanted this peal of provok
ingly withheld laughter, 4 5.s + s,
Now, it was a habit with this man
when he wanted anything to work fo1
it until he got it. He had never learned
to wait, or to give up. Within three
minutes impatience rose in a rush
from his heart to his lips. He swung
around and stood over the girl. 4 3s
*Have you set up. rivalry with tha,
sad-faeed king who never smiled
again? What are you SO grave about
little owl?" ?: ~ - -
In her surprise and. confusion, what
could the ragtime girl do but blush1
Be it said to her credit that she did
that thoroughly, blindly. And all me1
know that there is nothing under heaN
en- SO disastrous to mental poise as 9
woman's blush, especially when
Facts came to the man like rexela
tions, and he passed them on to the
girl through medium ,of incoherent
speech and coherent pauses: !: ~ "a
And the ragtime girl, knowing moth
ing of subtle analysis of sensation, the
origin of emotion or the mysteries o1
magnetism; only that his lips were ten
der and that she loved him, let: him
tangle his coat buttons In her hair
and accepted the facts at their. full
face value. .sft -.:,' -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
CRAIG AND THE PRESIDENT.

Points of Similarity Between Two
Strenuous Mca-
typical soldier of fortune was:
big Bill' Craig, the secret service
man who was killed near RittsfieId
while riding in the coach with the;
President and party, that met with SO
serious an accident. 1t lis told that
Craig was the only secret service man
that the PRESIDENT in his innate dis,
taste of dependence of a1Iy kind would
tolerate about him.. = .,
Theodore Roosevelt Hkea E1aiE. not.
alone because he was physical giant
not because he had suved in the
Household Guards Of EngjGnd.s Queen,
nor yeti because he Was <f the famous
BLACK Watch Z in the Snn1an and
went to fhe relief Of G0rxfisn Al fiese.
things were incidents to the fact that
Craig was man after RooseVelt's own
heart, bent upon doing. and doing as,
we'll and as hard as nature allowed
An incident Of the Presidents trip
may be recalled here. 1t was during
reception in a Vermaut town. In
the middle of the reception the lights
went out. With the rush uf darkness
big form seemed to eNxelop Presi-
dent Roosevelt and two strong arms.
thrust back the people IN q manner
that led to but one concluaon-t that NO
one would come near, except after
passing Bill Craig. And no Dne passed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17

The man said nothing of this kind
to the woman as they stood together
at the elevator. He only noted that
her eyes were cold and her lips un-
lined by smiling.
do you ever laugh?" he asked her
abruptly.
"Oh, yes; I suppose so-when hap.
pen to think about IT,
Happen to think about it," AS an
echo there rang in his minds ear a
ripple of laughter at which one must
needs smile in involuntary sympathy.
The man fro~ned, partly at the echo,
partly at her reply.
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lunched and accommodated his hours
to hers, sat opposite her at tabla and
felt that he was living the life. = I'D.
Then the rift came In his sly Of
blue. The woman began to talk-hov
things should be. Now, although q
thousand years have lived and died
since Jemshid admonished his ambi-
tious sweetheart ~. MN 5sss .
"Giye me the bow and mark my skill =
Neither his words nor their sentiment
have passed away. First and last
comes mans cry to woman: Watch
me shoot! Really, that IS what she
u here for. ~ 5:s.as ]: u IS sI
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17

In this world we are looking at the
tapestry from the wrong side.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09
,DcIxc HORSES FOR sALE-cor.

I.ODGiNt; HOUSES FOX SALE-son
MARION GRIFFIN.
IMAEION GRIFFIN. MARION GRIFFIN }
MARION GRIFFIN.l
MARION GRIFFIN. MARION GRIFFIN
TRoom 406 Examiner Bldgl
Phone Black 1907 Take elevator TO 4th moor.
20 ROOMS.
Big fiat: near Market $3.50; 2-year lease
electric lights: good looking house: rent s4o;
APARTMENT HOUSE
Bargain: first-class, nreproof, modern rouse
of Ia rooms; new building; elegantly tur-
nshed; low rent; lease; clears $3.50 per month.
$1,000.
80 rooms in apartments; bargain at S-OOV
will sell fer $lC0U: owner must have chanSe OF
climate income $3.50; rent $50: easy terms.
Il0O-ROOM HOTEL
Handsome corner house; private baths; Splen-
did furniture: 5-year lease; modern in every
CLEARED $30T IN NOVEMBER1
5:,-room corner rooming- house: accounts are
kept; nice. respectable: applicants waiting.
I24 ROOMS-CLEARS $115.l
High class house; downtown: furnished 8
months ago with the hest of everything.
L30 ROOMS-$16O0l
Sunlit apartments; rent $50; corner; owner
must change climate: terms. one-third down.
[ELEGANT HOUSE,
20 rooms on Golden Gate ave. house built
one year ago; elegantly furnished in mahogany
and oak: fne Brussels carpets; income $ll1
over rent: other important sale.
[S}-ROOM HOTEL
Must be sold; reduced from $4,000 TO $1,000;
fine bar.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09

SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS AND RIv-
ETERS: NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY:
PAID SALARY LEVI STRAUSS & co. s
FACTORIES. 3215 FREMONT ST. AND 1878
MISSION NEAR FIFTEENTH.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09

A-wANTED-Girls to learn hairdressing.
n,anicurinr etc: trade taught from A 10
in weeks: S5 TO those entering now 8 po-
sitions to fill Immediately; positions guaran-
teed at SO per week up; leading sehooi IN
West. 233 Geary St. room IL.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09

100 experienced salesladies wanted at once.
AppIv Wednesday and Thursday mornings, 10
IL, superintendent office. THE EMPOhlON'
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09

A-LADIEs TO learn all branches hairdressing
trade: manicuring massage etc. 1886 Mar
ket ST. cor Jones' room "a; positions secured
at highest wages; day and eve. class: call
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09

WANTED-Young lady who is first-class mu-
sician and who can read music at sight Ap
ply between and IL a. m at HALE
BROS
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09

A-Girls TO learn millinery now for spring sea
son: both seasons taught from start 70 nnish
in / month for SO: positions as trtmners.
salesladies, etc. guaranteed at $40 per wk- up.
day and evening class. 143 Stockton st. r lS-
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-09

DECKER Will SELL YOU
HOUSE FOR CASH.
DECKER WILL. SELL YOU
HOUSE ON EASY PAYMENTS.
DECKER WILL LOAN YOU
MONEY on ANY HOUSE.
TO BUY SELL OR EXCHANGE SEE
DECKER. 9CG MARKET ST. cor. Stockton.
A CAMERON & CO.. Phone 1850.
Eddy St. cor Market and Powell.
Headquarters for rooming- houses, hotels and
all kinds OF business chances.