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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-03
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John and MAJ Theys 81 shiald met as he
WIS taking the Horses IN after hard
sdaysat the plow and Mary was on the
way ! s1 home from driving the cows to ~
new pasture. sfs Sf.ss
larry. he said earnestly looking !:
Into her face, gu look sos tired, girl. 4
am John, M she replied swearily.
sssII bit harde this summer be-
cause the lady at the house. It !
makes more work but she pays so
muelt dad iss goin' to make two.
"a this fall instead OF one, he
thinks ou are workin' hard your
self John, I: . 5. ,t .:s,. :.$ s $ss
Yes. idrat il, both q us workin' out
oui lives and nonearer to home o
our own than three years ago. Pm
tired q II, Mary. that Tam. Can't We
| go way and set up fer ourselves. We.
kin kin BIT: along somehow and there1l=
bel the love to kinder keep US content
| esd1 ed like even II the work is jist as:
hard. ~ 81 .=slj a. :. -
| No, John, !" she replied looking HIM
full In the eye. MY folks can't spare
me tol the mortgage is lifted. Wen
jist have to wait But bein' as We
love each other we Kin wait patiently,
can tive John + 2:sS, sS> !. B. s5 :. S%z ST.
"oh,S1 suppose so,'"'' replied John.
comp plalningly, '.but I'm powerful tired
O. waiten'." + A. =. s - ~. :;= IS XIX, ss
Il !. IT We want yer promise back, John.
ye h can can: have :. it," rejoined the girl
quickly. = ~, y. : e. ,@5, {
John dropped his reins, and stepped
: forward with bowed head and eyes on
2 the ground. :&< 81 ess;2. q # s*SEsz IS
{. .'.Fergive me, Mary 2 he said humbly::..
IT didn't; mean nothin' like that. Ye:
know 'at#I'H wait fer you Is long Is
81 live. / There amt no other woman
I'm only man and git mpatient. Yer
e. woman an an angel. Fergive me
an let me wait fer you. VIII ye?'
+. But it is goin,..= to be. so many
years." replied the girl, ss.'and /. am.
>gettin' older all the time. Mebby You
ought to take up with some girl who Is
more free like before half yer life is!
gone" -s.-F s-'-$*. '.~'.%$ q tst%%s
! aThere amt no, other girl, }" zesxt- ex-f
Claimed the man passionately. 81
SWantEyou and nobody else and Eli wait
Till the crack O. doom fer ye.5 An, /
won't spester ye no more, but when yon
areSreadY make the least BIZ; ;ofsas sign
and I'll come to ye.'' :: s ss Az: 80
= 49, . ~ 5yEa q s. l. RI o 45S@5 - zE;{5
& There were tears IN Ny. .Lady'ss eyes
as they passed out Of sight, this mod
ern Jacob and Rachael, and presently
she arose and went to the shouseyrhAt
night She sen ia te1e apcPeSes,la Us
Slack. It consisted Of but one word:
"Come."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-03
Doinu His Best.

It somehow seems little enough when you
say
That a fellow is doing his best"
It means that he tolls and he hopes day
by day
That Heaven will attend to the rest.
He is jostled aside by the hurrying crowd,
Unsought by the lonely; forgot by, the
proud.
He earns what he gets, and no more is
allowed
To the fellow who's ''doing his best"
But whenever crisis arises, we look
To the man who is doing his best,
The prince with his splendor, the sage
with his book,
Full oft fail to answer the test.
And when there's home or a country to
serve,
We turn to the man with the heart and
the nerve,
The man whom adversity's touch could
not swerve,
The man who kept doing his best
-WaShingtOn Star.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-03

to face with honest love --4-and Margery
! want YOU always stosremember that
my love will never change. and SO long
as + breathe wilt come to you at the
slightest sign you may make $2x}-s,. 3.#-s<
I, Ny Lady looked at the flushed and
earnest young. face before her with. q
mixture of dmiration and pity. tatBe-
lieYe me, Percy = she said, seriously,
q appreciate the honor you have done
me and I appreciate your earnestnessi
and honesty; but itscannot; be- I would
do you. q great injustice if accepted
the offer you make me. I.scould give,
only husks. God knows / am tired Of.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-03

for the first time that their mess cook
and his boy assistant were shutting
about wringing their hands.
"What are you doing here, Garcia?"
one of the officers demanded impa-
tiently. "Go back and hurry up sup
per-"
But Garcia continued to wiring his
hands, -
''There is none," he walled. "No
meats, no breads, no fruits. Oh,
senors! oh, senors! What shall we do?
Me and my boy Jose were finishing a
beautiful superior, so beautiful
and horde of wild creatures rushed
in and threw flour into my face and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-03

:ment have no hearts! You are delud.
ing yourself, but you cannot delude5
me. love you; yes, sI love you ,as
much as though Z was an impossible.
clerk and you q factory girl, and a.
ways will love you. You will make
your choice now for love and happi-
ness or for the old life, with its ollow-5
ness, ~ you have pointed out SO well.s
But syou. choose against love YOU Will
always know that you were once face
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-03
his Best Investment.

when I knew old Hunks, years
ago. said the returned traveller, che
hadn't soul above dollars and cents.
I find him now the best read man,
especially in history and the works of
the standard novelists, I ever met. ]
can't understand the change in him. -
'?:::e explanation is easy" replied
tA& I'D citizen. ''He lent 1000 to a
Liam who wanted to start. a high-class
circulating library. After a year or
two the man failed, leaving nothing
but the books as his assets. Ole
Hunks had to take them for the debt,
and as nobody wanted to buy a lot of
secondhand books, he started in and
read all Of them to get his money
hack"E :" ~" , .. .&5 >. Il; i 4. &az& r -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-03
King Edwards Pull,

To the French people of Canada Sil
Wilfrid Laurier is the greatest if not
the only great person living. Some
time ago 9 "habitant'' arriving in the
city of. Quebec met an old friend and
fell to talking politics. In the course
of conversation he happened to men.
.tion the name Of Queen Victoria and
the friend informed him that the
queen. had been dead for a year. 1.
SD Dead exclaim med the Ecount trym1lan,
and who, then rules. ia England y
s. When It was explained to him that
the Prince Of Wales had sue cceededS Ia
the throne Ne shook his hea eadswisely.
3ss sss5' Mon Dieu! he said but lles mus.
have q pull with Laurie 81. U Il n
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-03
snatched a sword from one of the

Snatched sword from one of the
scabbards and bounded away. J.
minutes passed in exasperating dodg-
ing and doubling before they succeed,
ed in dragging him back, struggling
and grinning TO- the { mess quarters.
And it was not until afterward that
it occurred o,then that he mad made
no real effort to- escape. ' :z$ E3> ! '7 : szs% i
AS the excitement OF the chase and
capture began to subside they noticed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-03
The Morning Summons.

~.
When the mist is on the river. and the
haze Is on the hills: ESs.-.Te r.
And the promise of the springtime all
the ample heaven flls;* <
When the shy things In the swood-haunts
and the hardy on the plains,
Catch up heart and feel a leaping life
through winter sluggish veins;
Then the summons of the morning like
bugle moves the blood,
Then the soul Of man grows larger, like
a flower from the bud;
For the hope Of high Endeavor Is a cor
dial half divine,
And the banner cry of Onward calls the
laggards into line.
There is glamour of the moonlight when
the stars rain peace below,
But the stir and smell Of morning is a
better thing to know;
While the night is hushed and holden
and transported by dreamy song,
Lo, the dawn brings dew and fire and
the rapture of the strong!
Richard Burton in the Atlantic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
NUTMEG CARVINGS
Interesting Items. Boiled Down for the
 Benefit or Our Busy Readers

Interesting Items, Boiled Down for the
 Benefit Of Our Busy Readers
 Eugene Crofut of Shelton, 62 years old, died of starvation yesterday in small house where he lived alone. Crofut prepared his own meals and ire QTuently went without food for a day Or two at a time. He became ill and unable to care for himself and medical aid was summoned too late to save his life.
 After dIseharging number of hands on account of slack trade cond ttions, Sargent 6 Oo, hardware manufactur CTS, have posted notices in all depaT'b- menfs of reduction in working time from nine to eight hours a day. The conditions in the country make crrtail7 ! ment of production necessary.
 John Tabfon, Iaborer, was held in the Meriden city court yesterday morn ing under bond of $2,00o for a hear- ing on Wednesday on the charge of cutting off his wffe's nose wihh q table knife. Hts defense was that the cut ting was accidental and that 1t hap pened while he was trying to take the knife from the woman, who had as saulted him because he objected to rocking the baby.
 The board of pardons, after a long session yesterday at Hal1tford, granted three pardons, one petition for parole and continued two petitions Cor pardon. Joseph Moore, pet1tioned before, geh- fenced from Fairfield county FebrnaTy 27. 1901, for five years for burglary. Salvatore Vaccaro, continued from last session for production of additional evidence, sentenced from Fairfek county March 10, 1899, for life for sec ond degree murder. Leonard M. ses- sions, pettttoned before, sentenced from New London county September 1s, 1900, for five years for theft Samuel Bres1ar, sentenced from New Haven county, April 15, 1898, for ten years for rape When the petition of Paul Misik for communication of sentence came mp no one was present to repre- senf him and Judge Torrance said he would pass the case. M1stk was con vieted of murder October IA, 1903, and was sentenced to be hanged February Ii, 1904.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
MELIcENT PORTER CHAPTER
Held One of It's Most Interesting Meet
 ings Yesterday Afternoon.

ings Yesterday Afternoon.
 Me4dcent Porter chapter, D. A. R., held one of the most interesting meet lngs in its history yesterday afternoon, at the home Of the regent, Mrs John $. Castle, 46 Kellogg street. A large number of members were present., in- eluding Miss Grace P01lford of South bury and several visitors, among them Mrs A J. Muzzy of Bristol, Mrs Ed- ward M. Skagen of Jersey City and Mrs Allen of SoIthbury, who ks at present staying in this city. The house was prettily decorated with bouquets of roses and carnations, and the Amer tcan flag was draped in the doorway between the reception hall and the din- ing room. ..s.
 After the routine business of the meeting, which included a report of the g1st of S35 from the chapter toward the furrishing and repairing of the Ellsworth house at Windsor, Miss Ida Lewis, Mrs Heman Miller, Mrs Ed- ward Shannon and Mrs Castle gave descriptions of the rooms in this his- toric old mansion, as seen by them at its formal opening in October last. Then came several papers, one by Mrs . OSIuT W. NpplG OA I'WO NgUSilIFL COu~ necticrt Characters. the Misses Julia and Abby Smith of Glastonbury, the famous champions os the principle No taxation without representation; ;' one by Mrs Frederick Stevens on the beginning of Connecticut history, and one by Mrs A. J. Muzzy of Bristol on the history of the Connecticut charter. These papers were of unusual interest pc,1 do.- citation. Miss Helen Merrill played two piano selections very beautifully, Starlight ]" by Margaret Lang, and a Polish Dance" by Scharwe enka
 At the close of the meeting refresh npents were served and a social hour enjoyed.
 The delegates elected at this mee"> ing to the continental congress were Mrs D. F. Webster; alternate. Mrs George Liliev: Mrs T. s. Castle re, gent; alternate, Mrs Oliver G. Camp.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
TN Son(-,.-s.
sill Introduced to Make a McExfnley
 Day Holiday.

siI1 Introduced to Make ETcESfnIey
 Day Holiday.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The house in regular session transacted consid- erable amount of routine matters nec- essary to facilitate the work of com mittees.
 The president submitted, with his ap- proval, rules and regulations for the lease, sale or other disposition of the public lands other than timber or min eraI lands in the Philippine Islands made by the government of the is- lands. They provide for homesteading, selling and leasing of portions of the public lands. Representative Smith (d1ch) intro auced bill making McKinley's birth day, Jan. %, national holiday, to be known as Mckinley day. Representative Dwight (New YorN introduced bill by request establish ng a postal currency providing for notes in the denomination of 5, 10, 25 and 30 cents to be issued by the post master general and kept on sale by all |postmasters.
 The house adjourned at 8:30 out of respect to the memory of the late Hen- lry Burke Pa.), who died on Saturday last.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
oLICE COURT Do1NGs
Throwing of snowball Brought Men
 Before the Court.

Before the Court.
 Tn the city court to-day Patrick Burke was fined $7 and costs for 'in- toxication. He was arrested last evening i'll Dexter's drug store where he was annoying the clerks.
 James McDermott was charged with assaulting Anthony Miller in the Miller Co.'S coal yard yesterday. Both men were employed by the Miller Go and yesterday morning they indulged in scrap. McDermott was fined $1 3 and costs.
 Vito Croce was fined ST and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail for theft of 61 pounds of copper from the Randolph Gloves Go. Croce was be fore the court last week on this com plaint and sentence was suspended. The convicting testimony to-day was presented by Detective Dodds and F. A. Taylor, secretary and treasurer of the Randolph Gloves Go. They testi- fled that Oroce admitted to them that The sold some copper to a junk dealer.
 Christopher Harmon was charged with assaulting Patrick Printable last Thursday noon This case ought to Furnish an object lesson of the con- sequences that is liable to occur to anyone addicted to the habit of throw ing snow balls. Printable threw e snow ball Thursday noon at friend lon Liberty street. He had no idea that Harmon, who was walking near his friend was special policeman, or that the snow ball would alight on the policeman's left ear. Harmon got mad because it was he that got the snow ball. There were some words between the men and Harmon struck Prindible sand knocked him senseless. This took place after Harmon had threatened to sarrest him. The witnesses for the Estate were Patrick Bruce, Daniel Plunkett. William Fitzgerald and Mar atin Hayden. Harmon testified he did not arrest Printable until he gave inn pertinence. Then Printable struck at ahim and he struck Prindible and Prindible fell He was not senseless, land was not a moment on the ground. A number of people asked hiIu to lot Prindible go and he released him. Pat rick J. Kane, another supernumerary, Testified for Harmon. Judge Burpee said there was an assault committed. Harmon made a mistake In striking Printable and not afterward arresting him. Had he thought it necessary to knock him down to make his arrest he could and should have done so. He was therefore guilty of an assault and he was fined $10 and costs. An ap- peal was taken
 The complaint against Dennis Ash, Sr, for non-payme1it of his military taxes was nolled. Dennis Ash, Jr, paid, likewise George Andrews and Dennis Altman, $6.65 each
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
CITY NEWS

Mrs M. H. Miller has gone to Phila- delphia to spend Christmas with, her son. Mfr Miller will follow later
 The funeral of Mrs Caroline E Peck who died Sunday at her home on Highland avenue, will be held to-Inor- row afternoon at 2:3O o'clock.
 The aldermen overlooked one very important matter last night, but 1t is not likely that the interested parties will discontinue operations on account Of the oversight. Nothing was said about designating streets for coasting purposes, but the youngsters are doing business at the old stands just the same and don't appear to bestow a thought upon whether the city solons like their gait or not. What was the matter with Sheriff Mcdonald?
 Mrs Henrietta W Lippke died this morning at her home, 95 High street. She is survived by three sons, Albert Y. of Beacon Falls, Herman Y. and John H. of this city. There will be short prayers at the house at 3:3O Wednesday, afternoon. Thursday af- ternoon the body will be taken to Mer- iden for burial by Undertaken D. M, Stewart, where service will be con- ducted at the Main Street Baptist church at o'clock. The lnternent will be in East Main street cemetery.
 Things looked rather favorable at the meeting of the board of aldermen last night for an appropriation to build new school to replace the old struct- ure on Elm street MT Blakeslee con sidered 1t serious question and want Al To ly Y1lnH NH,sa1 a1xs,,o TNoac thought of it. MT Goss spoke cautious ly--he always does-but after all he made no bones of admitting that he thought the department Of education did right in vacating the building, add ing that he didn't see what else they could do under the circumstances.
 Attorney James M Lynch, who has been engaged by William Bowe to contest the election of John Healey to the board Of relief, may have papers served on MT Heaiey this week. MT Rowe claims that except for an error in the count of the ballots in the third ward, by which Mir Healey was credit ed with a number Of votes more than he should have been, he would have been the successful candidate and Mr Healey the unsuccessful candidate Hence the contest. Both Mir Healey and MT Bowe were candidates of the democratic party. It is said that Mir Hea1ey admits that there was an error in the count of his votes The case is considered 8 peculiar one by the lawyers and it's outcome will be eager ly awaited.
 Already his honor, Mayor-elect FL ton, finds himself in peck Of trouble A professional man who voted for him and got all his friends to follow suit wants to step into Health Officer XII martins shoes At first the feat looked simple enough, but aftor lit tie consideration 1t turned out to be quite a oonundrum and In a1l proha+ bility City Attorney Kellogg will be asked 10 straighten out the tangle. The present incumbent of the office of health officer has 8 lease of the berth for two years more and the city cannot afford to maintain two so that no mat ter what way one views the situation 1t is serious and naturally the aspirant for the appointment is worried and his honor Is in Quandary to know which way to turn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
ASSUMED OLD POSITION.
Stephen H. Baldwin Once More at
 American Mills.


 Persons passing the American Mills factory yesterday were surprised to see floating to the breeze from the flag pole the stars and stripes and to hear the factory whistle blowing notes of joy. Many wondered what all the excitement was about, but if they had entered the factory they would have witnessed scene that would cause still further wonder and surprise. Two years ago Stephen Fl. Baldwin, who was superintendent at the factory, re- signed his position and went to Dam vers, Massachusetts, to recruit failing health. The superintendent had been liked and respected by his employers and was loved and almost adored by the employees in the factory. They were all sorry to lose him. MT Bald win entered the factory yesterday to assume his old position. Then began the excitement. The proprietor of the mill, MT Smith, the office help, the foremen and foreladies were all glad to see him and surrounded him to con gratulate him on his return. But the lady employees could not be held off and MT Baldwin was taken away from the proprietor, the foremen and office help and surrounded by his old em- ployes. Tears were Iin almost every eye and the others stole away and left tie superintendent in charge of the employees in the various rooms. Up went the flag then and the whistle sounded out a double welcome. For some minutes there was but little work done in that factory outside of showering congratulations on the pop Nlar superintendent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
TIMELY TOPICS


 Beautiful line of holiday slippers at J. G. Jackie SS Sons, 78-76 Bank street To-day's ad gives very low prices. Read it.
 Corcoran carries the best grade of groceries. Look at the leaders they offer for Wednesday and Thursday The contents of E o. Khduff & Co.'S clothing store will be put on sale Thursday. Everything will be sacrf- feed on account of change in firm. Cellulotd goods, smoking sets, writ ing tatblets and everything to be thought of are on Curran'g counters The Union Supply Go make some good offers tor Wednesday and Thurs day. Look up ad tonight
 The Public market win give $34 worth of. stamps with $4.A order. See the list.
 A nice line of pianos at F. H. Lewis S Co.'S. You could make no better Christmas gift
 J. J. Sheehan receives his stock of whdsldes from his bonded warehouse in Kentucky.
 Get the rightly made clothing, the kind sold by J R. Mullings & Son. Holiday umbrellas for everybody at Grieve, Bisset & Hollands. Ladies' umbrellas in different colors.
 Prof Provost will start a new class on December 15. On next Saturday he will start new class for children. Pupils continue to register at Water bury Business college, both day and night. You may enter any time
 Ladies' white lawn aprons at 15c at R. Dougherty's; some. with insertion and trrcIos at 25c.
 Reid & Hughes have handsome line of umbrellas in all sorts of fancy handles.
 | E. J. Finn has q line of shoes that will compare with any in town. They make useful Christmas gifts
 In Upson. Singleton Co.'S window this week there is 8 fine showing of scits and overcoats at $15.
 Have you visited the great shoe sale at the Original Boston shoe store. 155 and 157 South Main street.
 Dodge goes right direct to the fac tory to buy his slippers that is why he can sell them so cheap.
 Evergreen wreathing at Dallas's for Sc and 12c yard. Holly will arrive this week.
 Sale of boys clothes at Jones. Mor- gan x Co.'S; $3 suits now S1.S5; S10 and SIP suits $7.50.
 Women's underwear at 39c and 2Jc at Miller & Peck's. Boys sweaters, cotton and wool mixed, 39c.
 Frank. the shoeman, has q large line of boys rubber boots that will go as Christmas presents
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 = A @ T = "a T Bears tba 4 The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature /N <LgI-s-,<z
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
wemen pia st. reter,s Aer.

HASTINGS, Colo, Dec. 8. Eleven wives of striking coal miners here at tackled Marshals Hightower and Way bright while the officers were razing some shanties on the Victor Fuel com pany's property in the Italian quarter Marie Vanelli struck Hightower on the head with a butchers cleaver, nearly cutting off an ear Other women gave Waybr1ght a severe beating. The wo- men were arrested.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
overruled Attorney'n Praysr.

BALTIMORE, Dec. s-In the United States district court, in the case of Co- iumbus Ellsworth Upton and Thomas W. McGregor, on trial for conspiracy to dsfraud the government on mall pouch contracts, Judge Morris overruled the prayer of attorneys for the defense to take the case from the jury on the ground that the government had failed ko prove prixna facie case against the accused ."t z .s-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
Mrs. curtin's Sudden Death.

BELLHTONTE, Pa, Dec. 8. = Mrs. Catherine T. Curtin widow of Andrew c. Curtin, Pennsylvania's war. gov ernor and who served as representa- tive in the Forty seventh, Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth congresses, died sud- denly here of apoplexy, aged eighty four years. Mrs. Curtin was stricken while eating luncheon and died with in an hour.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-08
Murder With stove wood.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec s. Oscar Letheredge killed oscar Smith, his brother-in-law, here crushing the boys skull with Il stick of stove wood, and probably fatally wounded J. E. smith, another brotheg-in-law, because tho boys tried to eject Letheredge from tsefr sller,s l3ai3ae visern I.etherctfwe lssts zsNa4 Sn gt ssasc1 10 SEC his di- xprged wifa