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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
DEVICE FOR WOOlNG SLEEP

Most of the mental devices for
Vooing sleep have failed because they
nave nearly always tried to resort to
local treatment" in other words,
they have made homeopathic at
tempt to stop thinking by thinking
about something elsa process
which might also be called "elimina-
ton by substitution" But all think
ing, spontaneous or forced, draws
more or less blood to the brain, pre-
vents deep inhalations and bars the
gate to the kingdom of dreams. ANY
device, on the other. hand, which will
make one take deep, long breaths
spontaneously (the invariable fore
runner of SLEEPY may be counted upon
AS a genuine remedy for insomnia.
Even deep breathing which is forced
i; better than any purely mental at
;ampt to win sleep, says Good House
Keeping. But if the deep breathing
an be produced involuntarily one is
sure of passport to Nodland. After
several nights of experiments to this
und the present writer decided to ap-
ply the principal adopted by the mas
:eurs, who begin their manipulation
at the point farthest from the seat
~ difficulty" which, in the case of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

stroyed by ages Of rust and rot, but
there must be great deal not yet
found by occasional seekers.
The quest for gold and jewels at
the bottom Of the Lake of Guatavita
in Colombia is at once more romantic
and surer to be profitable. The lake
lies ten thousand feet above the sea,
and was held sacred by the tribes OF
natives that lived near it when the
Spaniards came. Every year the say.
ages, headed by their king, visited
the lake. The king, covered with gold
dust, plunged into the waters, and his
subjects threw after him gold and
silver and emeralds. When Quesada
and his Spaniards made their way UP
the Andes to the lake, the natives
threw their treasures to the god Of
the lake for safe-keeping. Enough
riches have been found in the lake to
warrant several attempts to cut, 10
depression in the side Of it. All such
attempts have lowered the water only
few feet. Now an English company
is to drain the lake by means Of q
tunnel. and rake the bottom. +
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
TO SEARCH FOR TREASURE

II the sea were drained, says the
Family Herald, what treasures we
could find upon the old ocean floor
galleons loaden with gold beyond the
dreams of avarice! Lesser waters
than the sea, however, hold treasure
which can be found Almost stimuli
taneously come reports of two scien-
tiic quests for wealth hidden under
the face of the waters. The Tiber of
old Rome is to be searched, and a
lake in the Republic of Colombia is to
be drained for the gold and jewels,
votive offerings, that were thrown into
it by the natives long ago. .-".ar,
For century there have been
plans to turn the Tiber aside tenn:
porarily to search it's dirty bottom
Now the authorities have given Prof.
Nispilandi permission to make a sys-
tematic hunt. The ancients used to
throw treasures to Father Tiber as
offerings to the gods, and the current
of the river has swept away the arms
and armor of thousands of warriors
who fought on the banks. Much Of
this wealth, has no doubt been de-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

all, in case of war, Russia will need
all the ships on her Baltic coast
which she now has there. Russia's
Black sea fleet would be locked up in
that body of water if Turkey stuck
by her treaty and prevented the pas
sage of the Bosporus and Darda-
nelles, as in all probability she would.
possible, would bring down the
wrath of all Europe on Russia. If by
any chance the Black sea fleet should
get through, or part if it, the Brit
ish Mediterranean feet would easily
take care of it. So Russia's naval
force in the East in case of war must
fight at it's present strength, with no
hope of reinforcement.
The information possessed by Japan
relating to the strength and DISPOSE
ton of Russian fleets and troops in
the Pacific and on Asian soil is most
thorough and extensive. She has
been carefully collecting this infor-
nation by a small army of spies in
preparation for just such contingent
~ as the present. All this valuable
Information is, of course, at the SER
vice of her allies. Japan has well.
equipped dock-yards handy for the
use of the allies and Stores of all
kinds for the use of the feet. ~.
Russia has only one well-equipped
naval station on the coast, that of
VIadivostock, but Port Arthur is a,
strongly fortified port in which her
aeet might take refuge, and of late
she has been storing naval supplies
here and starting the equipment of.
dock-yard. New Chwang is also
fortified. But in order to- get from
The naval station of Vladivostock
around to the scene of the gathering
If the fleets of the allies in the Gulf
If Pezchi-li the Russian ships would
lave to traverse the entire length Of
The Japan sea and round the lower
end Of s-Corea, being /, all the while
within striking distance from the
coast. of ;, Japan, and then, cross the
Yellow Sea to the entrance Of the
gulf. J. ~ 4 | IL i. l. q
j France has in the disturbed waters
J. fleet consisting of two :battleships,.
.hree armored>< cruisers, twelve gun:
ooats and seven torpedo boats This
:aeet; 20 doubt would be passively
friendly to Russia, but no one. expects,
France to light IN the quarrel. There
Is N alliance between Russia and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

Russia is threatening Corea. The
same action on the part of China
made Japan go to war with her.
Russia plays transparency fast and
loose, throwing the blame for her acts
first on one minister and then on an
other, ready to disavow any or all
acts of her agents, but never refrain
ing from profting by them, and all
the time Strengthening her position in
Misunderstanding it every day, while
fleets and armies are assembling.
AS to the land forces which will be
involved in case of war, nobody
knows how many troops Russia has
in Manchuria. 1t is claimed her facil-
tiles for transportation are so great
that more than 100000 men could
be rushed into Manchuria within
three weeks. On the borders of Man.
churia are $4,000 European troops
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

ippines. But in spite of all combina.
tons, the land forces of the allies
would, in the beginning at any rate,
be greatly outnumbered by the Rus
SLAMS. Still, how the Russian troops
would stand the shock of actual wal
is question. American officers who
accompanied the allies on the march
to Pekin have not very high idea
Of the Russian soldiers.
The Yalu river, where the Russians
are concentrating troops, forms the
boundary line between China and
Corea. A concentration of troops on
the banks of the Yalu looks like an
intended invasion of Corea, and in
case of war the Russians might make
that kingdom the battlefield.
The Russian navy is an untried fac
tor. How her sailors would show up
in actual war nobody knows; not even
they themselves. 1t is a navy with
out history and without tradition. All
it's GLORIOUS past" is before it.
The Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li, where the
fleets are now assembled is an oval
body of water about as big as Lake
Erie. For the most part it is shallow.
The Liao-Tung peninsula, reaching
down from Manchuria and the Shaun
tung peninsula, reaching up from the
south, separate the gulf, except for a
narrow strait, from the Yellow sea.
The great peninsula of Corea puts
down between the Yellow sea and the
Sea of Japan. The island empire of
Japan stretches northward in a semi.
circle from the extremity of Corea to
the Russian island of Sakhalin.: It
looks small on the map compared with
the vast expanse of the Russian EN-.
pire-but so do the British Isles. This
is the theater of the threatened war,
war which will result-if it comes
in Russia assuming a commanding
and prepondering influence in the Pa.
cific, or of having her ambitious
schemes in that direction checked for
at least for generatlon.-New York
Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
WuTnE, THE WORLDS FINEST SHIPS OF "
.." WAR MAY MEASURE THEIR STRENGTH

More ships of war are now watch
ing each other in Chinese waters
than were ever assembled before on
the Asiatic coast in the history of the
world. It needs but a spark thrown
into the Manchurian powder magazine
to blow Russia's. treacherous diplo->
macy sky-high, and clear the stage
for the greatest naval battle of mod
ern times. And there would be but
one result Russia's Asiatic fleet
would be annihilated, except such
ships as escaped to the refuge of the
forts of Vladivostock or Port Arthur
AS to landing troops and fighting on
land-that is another story, but
against the combined fleets of Japan
and England, Russia's Asiatic squad
ron could not hope to stand.
In the threatened naval war China,
whose very existence as a nation is
at stake, can take no part. The naval
power of China was blown from the
face of the waters by the Japanese
guns, at the battle of the Yalu river.
Admiral Evans has his fleet in that
land-locked sea, the Gulf of Pe-chi-li,
covering the approaches to Tien-Tsin
(the port of Pekin) and within easy
distance of Port Arthur and New
Chwang, where the Russian troops
are said to be mostly concentrated.
In that same region the British have
assembled feet of twelve >warships
and there is a Japanese contingent
there also. The rest of the Japanese
navy is on the coast of Japan ready
to strike at any point on the coast
of the mainland from Vladivostock to
Port Arthur. Besides the ships of
war England has in the Gulf of Pc
chilli she has others scattered about
the Chinese coast which could be
drawn upon. Taking all the ships of
war Of the four nations-Great Brit
ain, Japan, the United States and
Russia-now in Chinese waters or
ready to sail from the coast of Japan,
the roster shows fleet of 1853 war
vessels liable to be precipitated
against each other in one great battle
which would make the memory of
verbal thirty cents.'
1t will be seen by a glance at the
accompanying illustration that the al
lied fleets are superior to the Aslatic
feet Of Russia in every respect. To
get ships from the Baltic Russia
would, if war were declared, have to
run the gauntlet of England's great
Channel squadron, and her Mediter-
ranean fleet as we'll if they attempted
to go through the Suez canal-the
only feasible route. And, more than
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

Formerly it was regarded as a COM
mon occurrence that the pearl owed it's
origin to the presence under the man.
tie" of the oyster (the skin which en-
velops the animal and lines the SHELF
of some concretion in the shape of a
minute grain of sand. A scientist now
declares that his experience negatives
this view, or, at any rate, places the
sand nucleus in the position of a very
infreQuent occurrence. If the shell be
injured and sand gains access to the
interior pearl formation around a sand
grain may then be possible; but by
far the greater number of the pearls
found lying free in the oysters owe
their being to the presence Of parasitic
worms. The real nature of the process
which causes the formation of a pearl
is the deposition around the little for.
eign body Of the pearly substance OF
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

other of the Russian Baltic ports may
be bombarded and blockaded, but in
Western Europe it will be just a case
of belligerent nations sitting down
oppisite to each other and making
faces while the real contest is being
fought out in Asia and in Asian
waters. Should the United States be-
come involved the American Euro
pean squadron might effect a junction
with the British fleet in the Baltic
and help inveigle the Russian Baltic
fleet into fight.
The voice of Japan is for immediate
war. The struggle with Russia is to
the Japanese the "irrepressible con-
f1ict." It is an axiom of Japan's poll
cy that Corea must be either under
Japanese influence or Japanese, and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
Generous Donor Of Bonds.

Robert H: McCarter, the well-known
New Jersey lawyer, who has been ap-
pearing as counsel for the Shipyard
trust, tells this story P illustrate how
worthless the bonds Of corporation
sometimes become:
when my father was trustee of
Princeton college, the late John l.
Blair of Blairstown informed the board
of trustees that he was going to give
the college many thousands of dollars
worth of the bonds of a new western
railroad. There was rejoicing at
Princeton. Everybody celebrated over
the gift. Then the bonds came. The
trustees discovered that the. donor had
cut off the coupons for the next forty
years" .. b,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
Valuable Snuff Boxes.

A snuff box offered for sale at Chris
ties realized only a few shillings
short of $1,000. It was Louis XVI.
oval gold box, by Jean Baptiste
Cheset, and was made in Paris in
1855. Z. The oval medallion in the cen
ter OF the cover bore an Illustration
in enamel, representing girls and
youths sacrificing to Bacchus. The
exact price was e997 los. Another
gold snuff box Of the reign 81 Louis
XIV. made e12O.- London Tit-Bita. In II
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

France, but It does not go so far as
that France does not want war
with England just now and, in fact,
is trying to be especially friendly with
her
II war comes it will in all human
probability be confined entirely to the
East. A British feet will sail into
the Baltic and blockade Cronstadt just
as it did in the Crimean war. Some
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
HOW PEARLS Ahe MADE.

Their Humility of Origin Is Similar
To Diamonds.
AS in the case of the diamond, which
is only crystallized carbon or black.
lead, pearls exhibit humility of orr.
gin which stands out in striking con.
trast to their intrinsic worth. For the
pearl is an unnatural, or one might al.
most call it diseased, product. Each
pearl has for it's nucleus, or starting
point of formation, a parasitic worm.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
TALE or BUTTERBx's al!1D.:

Old man Butterfly hated Bob,
And Bob, he equally hated him,
And as each was onto his shooting
job,
1t seemed that some ones show was
SLIM
For from Butterby's' ranch to Bobs
home place
Was mile or so, and that was all;
So the boys all said, as they viewed
the case:
II reckon the Coronerll git a CALL"
Well, Bob and Butterfly met one day
Twas thing, of course, they were
bound to do
And each of them put tree in his
way,
And then, you bet, the bullets flew.
Bobs arm stuck out, and he got a
Right where it's passage was bound
to hurt,
And old man Butterfly had a call
From bullet that injured the side
of his shirt.
But they stuck to their trees as If
they were glued,
And they hurled some names that
that are not in the books.
Come QUIT" said Bob, and his tone
was rude,
"You dassent," said Butterfly; "dern
your looks!'
Aad the air was full of bullets and
filings,
And adjectives dire of red-hot
brand,
And they knew that Death on his
misty wings
Was waiting about to take hard.
Come OUT" cried Bob, you cow
ardly curl"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

1t is one of the most lovable traits
in many of our greatest men that
they are as skillful in winning the
hearts of little children as in captivat-
ing the minds of their parents.
Was there ever a great man who
did not love children? If there was
(and we have never heard or read Of
him), his greatness was by so much
the less. Even Sam Johnson relaxed
his grimness into smiles of pleasure
when Boswells baby daughter held
out her arms to him and pulled his
hair when he was not sufficiently at
tentive to her.
Byron, whose own child life had
BEEN so saddened and embittered by
a loveless mother, worshipped his lit
tie daughter Ada with all his pas
sionate soul, and history has no
sweeter picture than that of Southey
singing his child to sleep as he paced
the floor with his little burden of
love- in his arms
Lambs great heart had many a
warm corner for his child friends-all
the heart, in fact, that his sister Mary
did not fill; and when he took his
daily walk through Edmonton it was
the signal for all the little children
to flock to him for kiss, kind
word, or (better than alD to take his
hands or coat tails and accompany
him on his ram bles.
1t is little wonder that Charles
Dickens, "the greatest hearted one,"
was idolized by the little ones; for
there never was a more entertaining
companion or one who could better
make himself child again. for their
delight. There are many staid men
and women of to-day who recall with
pleasure and regret the romps they
used to have with ''Boz'' in the IA
| nous nursery at Gad's Hill.
Among, great men of the later days
Mr.. Lewis Carroll must be counted
King of the children's hearts," That
solitary, lovable mixture of a man,
who was welded to mathematics and
children, had few pleasures apart
from one or the other. His study at
Christ church was perpetual nur-
sery, it's corners and cupboards stuff
ed with toys and sweets and all that
appeals to a child's heart; and here
or on river picnic, surrounded by
swarms of his young friends, the
mathematical professor was always a
boy as full of fun and as ripe for
mischief as the youngest of his
guests. May his rest be sweet, this
chief of children's lovers!
Oliver Wendell Holmes, most ami
able of "autocrats," was a lifelong
lover of children, and could skip
back seventy years" at moments
notice at a chlld's bidding. Could
anything be sweeter than the letter
| he wrote acknowledging the photo
graph of one of his little girl friends?
MAY those lips" he wrote, "speak
what is pure and true; may those
ears hear but what is good and may
| those eyes always mirror a soul as
| beautiful as themselves"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

For his shoulder burned and his
thoughts were hot .
A laugh rang out where the bushes
were, -
And into the open there strayed a
tot.
A wee little tot with curly hair,
And eyes with dreams in their
blue depths hid
The fairest thing on the mountain
there,
And her laughter was sweet-it was
Butterby's kid.
Her eyes met Bob's, and she laughed
again
AS she todd1ed straight 70 the tree
where he stood.
zen,
I dess at DOLL find it; l pose at
90 could"
Bob kissed the babe, and he left the
tree,
"Shoot if you please" he cried,
ucIu you!
There's job right here that is calm
me-"
Said Butterfly then: I'm damned
If I dol"
There is peace to-day on Butterfly S
hill,
There is peace in the home and the
heart of Bob,
And the sounds of strife are hushed
and still,
And the Coroner yet is minus job,
1 don't go much on cussing and such,
But l hope the angel the record hid
OF Butterbys oath, or, with gentle
touch,
Wrote only: Forgiven because OF
the kid
Alfred J. Waterhouse in New York
Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
Old Girl Graduates.

If the likenesses of girl graduates
which now make an attractive feature
of many newspapers are true to the
life and undoubtedly they are in most
cases, doesn't it seem that those leav.
ing the high schools have a remarka-
bly, mature look? In some instances
they look to be quite Is years of age
and as knowing and wise as girls who
really have seen that number Of years
are usually found to be in this sophis-
ticated age. It seems rather curious,
too, that such young girls should look
so Finished" but it is probably just
an evening up of things in their re-
spective families, as their mothers and
grandmothers are undoubtedly en-
gagged in taking beauty-and-youth-re
newing cures with years from five to
twenty-five taken from their ages.
We will record it as the result of an
effort of nature to square accounts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
The Fair Graduate.

Love knows not the words
That the red lips speak,
But they win their way
To his soul in Greek,
And bloom like the rose
On the dimpled cheek!
L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

under European drill masters. Japan
has an army Of 100000 men ready to
throw into Corea: Of to land in Man
churia England and the United
States could draw smaller bodies Of
troops from Hong Kong and tie Phil
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12
LOVED LITTLE ONES
GREAT MEN ALWAYS FOND OF
.... CHILDREN.

Byron, Lamb, Dickens, southey and
Even Sam johnson Enjoyed the
companionship of Their Small Ad-
mirers - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Tribute.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-09-12

the shell lining, secreted by the "man-
tie" Presumably this is an attempt
on the part Of the animal to lessen or
abolish the irritation which q foreign
particle must set up within the living
tissues. s " Il fs*Sa5 5l ,ss=s sn \
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-05-16

The Rock Island will run spec.
ial trains TO New Orleans on ac-
count of United Confederate Vet
Grams National meeting. tickets
TOR which will be sold May II and
rs. Special train leaves Sayre OF
10 a. N. Sunday May IL; Leaves
Oklahoma City 4 p. m. May IL,
leaves AFdmore 4:30 p, m. May
N. T,ain l34 from Mangum will
run through TO El Reno sunday,
May II. The very low price from
Chickasha is S14. 10. Parties de-
sirIng space IN sleepers should
make application as early as pos
sible to nearest Rock Island agent.
Tickets are limited for return un-
I'll May "a. An extension can be
arranged for through joint agent at
New Orleans until June 15. For
further particulars call on or write
J. S. McNally, d. z. A., Oklaho-
ma City; L. N. Duncan, l. F. A.,
Oklahoma City; Geo. H. Lee, g..
p. A., Little Rock; K. w Thomp-
son, A. 6. p. a., Kansas City.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-05-16

Our subscribers should not over
l0ok our splendid premium offer.
Think ofit, handsome dinner set
81 AZ pieces, beautifully decorated
gold traced and the latest pattern
The Daily Express mouths for
s0.S5. less than you can my the
dishes for anywhere. 50 s. 10 be
paid when the dishes are delivered /.
the balance ia iDsiallments of SOC
per month. These dishes are the
highest grade Of ware-n0 cheap
stuff and ft for any table. They
are something you use three times
day, are always in slylei should
you break any piece we can replace
il for you and you can always keep
your sci full. Come TO the Office
and lei "a show you these dishes
A set or these would make a hand
some present for your wife or
some Of your friends who are going
70 get married. The cost is SO
small you won't mind il.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-05-16

Tue thirteenth annual encamp-
ment of the @. A B., ladies' Of the
G.. A. h. and w. X. G. will be
held at Norman. 0. T., May 10 70
y inclusive. Arrangements have
been made for a grand time, and
everybody is invited. Good
speakers, good music and 81 kinds
Of entertainment is furnished, and
rate OF one fare for round trip
from ali railroad points Ia the ter
ritorIes Is a special iuducement-
All Confederate soldiers are partic-
ularly invl.ed.