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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-12
RIVERS FALLING.
Outlook at Kansas City Brightens-
Desolation in Armourdale.

Ii
DesOlation in Armourdale.
KANSAS City. Mo-, June 5.-With the
rapid fall of the rivers business is re-
Stunning its normal condition. The
WaterWorks are pumping black water
from the Kansas river, not fit to drink,
and the danger from fire is over. The
fire underwriters met and issued a
expressing satisfaction
with the conditions. Electric street
a lines are in operation. The tele-
phone and telegraph connection will
be established between the two Kan
sas Cities to-day, lines being stretched
across the ruins of the James street
bridge. Gangs of railroad repairers
iolioW close upon the heels of the re-
treating Hood, and the tracks are be-
ing cleared of mud where covered and
Drought to grade where washed out.
Only Eight Dead,
In still water IN the masses If
driftwood on the Clay county side Of
the burlington bridge not n BODY
has been found by the men who are
hauling timber ashore, nor have thev
seen any bodies. At this place many
bodies Yer said to be collected. and
their nonexistence makes it likely
that the total list of dead will not 90.
much above eight. the number now
authenticated. Most of the MISSING
persons have been heard from.
@ Losses Less Than s1o,oOo.Ooo.
Estimates of the damage done by
the flood are being reduced. At first.
they ranged from $1~o,ooo.ooo up, but
now they are all much below that
sum.
Outside Aid Not Needed.
a committee appointed by the Com.
mercial club of Kansas CITY. Mo. ia
the conditions of the pres
ent food supply, made its report Tues
dag evening. This report-was so i'm
sperative that Mayor Reed, after con-
i%sultation with the relief committee.
them.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-12
Moody to Leave the c.h,...

Washington, June fit was an
authoritatively Wednesday
night that Secretary Moody. Of The.
Ivy, would not remain in the cabinet
longer.t than the present term'o f pes.
gent gent Roosevelt. Mr.. Moody EXPECTS
.htnato resume the practice "a Il Z,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-12

nome june 4.-The Monte al P;e,a.
Ss.aIe Pawnbroking establishment 81.
Naples mas been destroyed by FIRE. and
'.he strong room, filled With yalnahlss
~ was Quilted: The damage amounts ~
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-12
PERsoNAL AND poLITICAL.

S. e. Pettee, inventor of the machine
for making paper bags, died at Cleye-
land, O., aged s1years.
Prof. J. 2. Leslie, the famous geo1o-
ggist of the University of Pennsylvania,
died at his home in Milton. ss. T
Mrs. Sarah Elliott died at her home
in Chicago, aged lo3 years.
Judge James Cobb, OF Tuskegee,
Ala, who for IL years represented the
Fifth Alabama district in congress,
died at Las Vegas, N. NJ
Ohio republicans in convention at
Columbus nominated Myron I. Her
rick, Of Cleveland, for governor, and
President Roosevelt and Senator Han
ma were Endorsed for reelection.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
ARMY OFFICER SAVED
SHAFT FROM FALLING

f there is a man in the world who
might restore the placidity of Venice.
which has been so disturbed by the
fall Of the Campanile and the precari-
ols condition Of the other famous
types of architecture, he is the new
American major general who is short
lySto relieve Chaffee of the Philippine
command For it was George w. Da-
Wis who saved the Washington monu-
ment from destruction, and by the
application Of his ingenuity solved
T fund damental problems in his unique,
Oh hand manner: that had, bafaed the
highest engineering skill q of modern
times. s e.. r. ss u (lts, w.. i. ,1,;t <s8+ e.
|a-' After the great shaft to- the father
of his country had risen slowly to the
height of 1877 feet and rested there like
rough factory chimney, an unfin-
ished eyesore for twenty years, Con-
gress determined to complete it and
gave the job to the army. Built on
the edge of the Potomac marsh, as un-
stable as the soil of the queen Of the
Adriatic, the shaft had already leaned
five feet out of plumb and nobody
could be- found to set it straight and
insure it's permanent stability until
Davis, lately a quartermaster, then
an infantry captain, volunteered to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

who did not die. #jj. The next spring
Plumb went TO Emporia and settled.
and the very site Of the town on the
Saline is almost forgotten. T. IL fzS, r.
y There have been dozens of such lost
towns In Kansas. Some of them have
i history and some have not. In or.
der to preserve the records as far as
possible George w. Martin, secretary
of the State Historical Society, has
addressed a letter to all registers OF
deeds in the state and many 5old-time
|. settlers, asking for data and all pos:
sible Information concerning these old
towns. In his letter he says. IS.,.<z:.
The Kansas State Historical So
ciety desires to make a record of the
lost towns of Kansas. Will you please
consult with friends who were pio-
neers and make a list of the towns
once existing In your county which are
not now sknown-not on the map-an-
swering on this sheet Of paper? In
the material development Of Kansas
there we're many who sacrificed means
and ambitions-wh did many inter-
esting things in which there was great
enjoyment that this state might be
nodded in their way. Please help put
them on record. A few years more
and it will be too late
In connection with the letter secre-
tary Martin is sending out blank on
which he wishes detailed information.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
PLAlNSMAN'S STORY OF
A RATTLESNAKE CHORUS

Eyes, SIR, said the old plainsman,
as he stood before den of rattlers at
the ZOO, II don't allow there's a more
interestin' reptile a-goin' than this
here same breed. There is those as
places the intellect Of the rattlesnake
on a low order an I don't know as
they have as good a workin' brain as
Gila monster or a tarantular, but
do know this: Their appreciation Of
the art of music is profound an stir
rim. They takes to it like one of
these here Wagner fellows does to a
Theodore Thomas concert. An they're
smart to learn, lemme tell you.
"Up to Routt county, Colorado,
where I come from, there is most rat
tlesnakes an sagebrush an few peo-
pie huntin,. remember party OF
hunters passin' that-a-way last fall.
In the evenin's they set about the
camp singin' an there was some man.
dolins along. Three or four times the
party was scairt out by snakes that
crept into camp to hear the music,
though theyssshould a-known better'n
to be, for there's no harm In q rattler
when there's music goin'..,> ~ -: =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

lift the hundreds of tons of masonry
back to the perpendicular and build
under it foundation that would per-
nit the lifting of it's top to the highest
point ever attained by monument
erected by man. ~
To hold the soft earth in place he
built huge barrel 100 feet in diane
ter around the base and drove it deep
into the earth below the tidal level.
He bound together the inclosed mass
with piles and braces, weighing it all
down with stones and concrete, until
he had secured a stability that would
endure forever. Then he wedged up
the monument and put an everlasting
foundation und It and finally turned
the. work over to the engineers under
Col. Casey, who eventually set the
capstone SIS feet above the earth. UP
to this day the great structure has not
moved hairs breadth and frequent
inspection demonstrates how wonder.
fully Davis planned. But as he cannot
be spared from Manila to save Venice
perhaps it would be as we'll for the
Venetians to come to Washington and
study his triumph.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
THE SENSE OF HUMoR.
Happy Is the Man Who Possesses II
in Reason.

Happy Is the Man Who Possesses It
in Reason.
regard a sense of humor as one of
the most precious gifts that can be
vouchsafed to human being. He is
not necessarily a better man for hav-
ing it, but he is a happier one. 1t
renders him Indifferent to good or bad
fortune. It enables him to enjoy his
own discontinue. Blessed with this
sense he is never unduly eleted or
cast down. No one can ruff1e his tenn
per. No abuse disturbs his equanimity.
,Bores do not, bore him., Humbugs do
not impose on him. Sentimental gush
does not influence him. The follies
Of the moment have%no hold on him.
Titles and decorations are but child
+ ish ,baubles In his eyes. 4 Prejudice
does not warp his Judgment. He is
meyer in conceit or out of conceit with
himself. He abhors all :dogmatism.
The world is a stage on which actors
strut and fret for. his edification and
amusement, and he pursues the even
currents of his way, invulnerable, do
ing what is right and proper accord
ing to his lights, but utterly Indifferent
whether what he does finds approval
or disapproval from others. If Hamlet
had any sense Of humor le would not
have been nuisance to himself and
to all surrounding him.-London
Truth 80. ~.s 4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
..JoKED ONCE roo OFTEN.
Tragic End That Came TO q Man
= Who Should Have Known Better I

Tragic End That Came TO a Man
! y Who Should Have Known Better.
William Tucker, of Vineland, N. j.,
has quit Joking. Until q few, days ago.
he was in the habit of playing a kill
ing joke on the engineers who run
on the West Jersey and Seashore rail,
road. Mr.. Tucker was a lawyer, and
it was a delight to him to walk upon
the track of the railroad mentioned
when he saw an express train. ap-
preaching. He would turn. his back
and pretend to be so, deeply plunged
in thought as to be oblivious of the
approaching train until it was within
twenty or thirty feet of him, when he
would jump aside and wave his hat at
tile Mortified engineer, s ~ Z:
Mr.. Tucker played this joke over
and over again on almost every engin-
eer on the road, and at last seemed to
feel that he had been cheated out of
something good, If day passed with
out giving him an opportunity to have
a laugh at some engineers expense
A few days ago Mr.. fuckers
friends sadly gathered up the few
pieces of him that could be found
strewn along the track at the place
where he had been in the habit of
playing his joke. He had played it
once too often, as the practical joker
always does. But the lesson of his
fate will probably be overlooked by
the people who think practical jokes
are funny. 1t is one of their 1iisfor-
tunes that they cannot learn. If they
could, and Mr.. fuckers fate were
to turn any of them from their fool
ish ways, his life would be sacrificed
in a good cause.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
PROPHECY OF eLADsToNI
It Was Many Years Ago, and Ha
Come True

It Was Many Years Ago, and Has
Come True.
Prophecies, even when the prophets
are politicians, sometimes come true,
says the st. James Gazette. Here is
notable Gladstone utterance which
we can now look back upon as quite
prophetic. Speaking or writing twen-
ty-five years ago of the menace
which, in the prospective development
of her resources, America offers to the
commercial pre-eminence of England"
the grand old man predicted that
America, and America alone, ''can,
and probably will, wrest from us that
commercial primacy. We have no
title, have no inclination to murmur
at the prospect. If she acquires it,
she will make the acquisition by the
right of the strongest; but, in this in
stance, the strongest means the best.
She will probably become what we are
now, the head servant in the great
household of the world, the employer
Of all employed; because her service
will be the most and ablest. We have
no more title against her than Venice,
Genoa or HOLLAND has had against us. !"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
The Night Beautiful.

Day long the fiery and Implying sun
Flamed In a sky that glowed like bur-
nished brass;
Dun stretched the ribbon of the road.
and dun '.'. !.
The reaches of the grass. -: =,
In the still willow shadows by the pool
The cattle herded, standing dewlap-
deep;
And all the beechen aisles, erewhile so
., cool,
Were sunk in fervid sleep
But with the dusk of vesper ecstasies
OF the charmed woodthrush stirred our
hearts to hope;
And then there breathed the blessing of
Adown the western slope. - :,
The graceful garden primrose set alight
Its little globes Of lemon-eold and
High in the deep blue garden of the
night .. >>G&
Flowered the great primrose moon.
And we. forgot the garishness, the glare,
The parching meadows, and the shrunl<-
en- streams, 49,
And in the glamor Of that magic air
We gave ourselves to dreams.
Clinton Scollard in Harper's Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
KANSAS BOOM TOWNS AIM /.
NOW FARMING LAND.

lnsalmost every county in the state
5theres are one or more lost towns. u IN
4t1esearly days towns which were. ex-
spected to become great cities were
protected, and in some instances be.
came sthriving communities. Now they
ara nothing but cornfelds or prairie
: lard lla q county seat fight may have
@iWlped them out Of existence. "A rail-
ro&d may have come through and 10
Gated "a new town a few miles away,
and 40 the first town have been moved
bodily to the railroad. H., :<.s.t. =s.&t
the western counties towns were
ppjefted during; the boom days which
were W heavily bonded Waterworks
plAnts were built and other public i'm.
prpVements were made. All that. is
lettaof some such towns now are water
pipes buried in the ground with the
hydrants sticking up here and there
onsthe prairie. s::;. ,s%'&t.' -: ~: zs@, .~'
short distance from Fort Riley
stand the ruins of the first capitol
building OF Kansas. Around It in 1854
was built the city of Pawnee. Nothing
marks the site now except the old
r'iinsof the capitol building. >u
rs when Preston B. Plumb first landed
in rl Kansas, a young man, he helped to
lay out q town a short distance east
oiWhere Salina now stands. A small.
I pox epidemic swept through the town
and drove away nearly all the settlers,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

place you happen to think of. He says
yes, of course, whereupon you take a
"Certainly he, would-and what do
you suppose he would dO?"
big handkerchief or scarf and blind
fold him tight. When you're sure he
can't see you say: Are you ready?'
He replies, Yes which is the signal
for the boy behind or under the sofa.
who Immediately steals around in
front and throws his arms around
your conceited young mans neck and
kisses him."
Elizabeths blue eyes had grown
wider and wider as the recital pro-
gressed. "Oh, Marjorie!" she cried,
chow could you do such a thing? He'd
think it was you!"
Il don't know" said Elizabeth, ex-
amining the tip of her shoe.
Eyes, you do; the man doesn't ex-
list who, under such provocation, won't
return the kisses with interest, until
he discovers that his attentions are
being wasted on a small boy, by
which time you have disappeared,
with a mocking laugh trailing behind
you" 49,
"As the boys say. put in Alice, you
depart, giving him the merry 'ha-ha
If you can have select gallery con-
cealed somewhere about the premises
so much the better. You have no idea
how sheepish the man looks when he
gets his blindfold off," ~s~,s.ss%~. s%--
"But, Alice, are you sure it would
do any good-in my case. mean?"
"Assuredly. Humble a man and
you have him at your mercy" ). ,Ia@$
The conversation was brought to a
sudden close by the appearance Of a
broad-shouldered youth, who stalked
up the path and said. with q self con.
fident air, "Come on, take sail, Bes.
sic; there's darling breeze" " ~
The youngest girl cast a glance at
her companions that seemed to- say,
'tThere, you see?"'. although she rose
with alacrity and replied, Thanks,
Mr.. English; Id love to go. r. Good,
bye. girls" and the couple departed
toward the lake. ~ ,.s,> w. H. c5bf..9
It. was late afternoon of the second
day after the preceding conversation
and Marjorie and Alice had just de
scended In their "a prett1est ! dinner
frocks, when the youngest girl came
flying down the long veranda toE hine
herself into the arms Of first one and
then. the other. 4. ss $5. s. ..s. .:G I
You dear things! she cried, Sall
out OF breath. It's all on account o1
|+you! It just happened, i and could
hardly wait to tell you q q s5j.s: 81 $ss.
.tDid you actually try Tanner Mum
ber Two 2 VI ' rs IL as 81 = 5sss
'..And did IT. work beauti fully. jusl
as We said It would ?'' 5sE
oh, It worked exp uisitely, but no!
exactly as you promises - great dea
better thousand times better thar
you led me to expect
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
i At the Gates Of Niaht. Il
There are two gates that guard :. Il
Niohf. a,f,f -. -. /

There are two gates that guard the
7. Night; =, %tf.T : ~ r,E%F&&.*.
The one where shadows creep,
And lullabies come grooming low 1l@
Full-throated, soft and deep: -
Where twilight reaches forth her arm,
To all by Day oppressed, - r.
And lulls them into happiness, ~
Serene upon her breast. 4 i IN
And from that gate, all dark and cool,
The night road stretches far %t1= s%t1 *
BY palaces Of sweet content, : +. .-s -
Where many dreamings are; ;a3% 2@ss:y+
Where blind may see and dumb may
speak, : ~ +s&..t4 ,S1ssE#ss1s5' 51,sE#ss|2'
And sad ones laugh and sing, s #
Where hungered ones may drink and
eat, s.Es' r. r. ~ " :Iiss& III 5ls,5 !
The pauper be a king ~z*ss.s x ,@1saS rs &E5;*.&
All through the Night the good road
u goes &:S% 3 Es, as ss1 ssss q
h Ger valley, plain and steep: 4. Il I I
Along its sides; In grandeur. rise q 3Els i
i The citadels of sleep. t. y y .:ft 5s:ss .SE !.
And many things there be that .soothe
And comfort us, and bless ~ - H t9gs3i 4
But best Of all, the blossom fair f5;' j45
OF rich; forgetfulness. n. gs. S.
The other gate that guards the Nirht-
d, The one that ends the way ~ 81
Has .trumpeters that loudly cal $lS
Us forth into the day. sSI
And though we fear the foes ofS Day
With bitterness and dread, ISL 3ss
We know that through the weary hours
The first gate Is ahAad IL 81
4S$. b, ltinaore Ss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
Tanner Number Two.
BY PAUL, PEREII..

BY PAUL PERELL.
copyright. 1902. by Daily Story Pub. co..
There are various ways to tame
them," said the girl with the big POM
padour, "the best of which might be
classed under the general head Of
Humiliation
gracefully in the wicker chair, ''punc-
ture mans conceit, make him ridicu.
lous and you have him on the road
to regeneration"
The youngest girl sat on the veranda
steps with her hands clasped over
her knees and gazing dreamily across
the lawn. ,'I wish" she began,
then stopped and sighed gently.
What is it, innocence?" asked the
pompadour girl. "Why, you're blush
ing! Have the monsters been troub-
ling you, too? Aren't even the chill
dren safe?"
I'm eighteen" replied the girl on
the steps, Cnclasping her hands and
sitting up very straight, "a1d l come
out nett wltcr."
But you're fearfully youthful, just
the sam"; and if any man or boy has
been m IN 10 you it is the duty Of old
carpai ~ners like us to stop it. Come,
now, what is it?'
"Oh, he hasn't been mean or any
thing like that" answered the young
est with bashful reluctance; 'only
he is $3.50 kind and so superior. I'm
sure he classes me with his small SIS
ter. They say he's scarcely thirty,
yet the very first time we met he
called me Bessie as though 1 were
in short dresses. Come to think of it,
l was playing golf with my hair in a
braid, but that was no reason why he
should have kept it up after he saw
me in that lovely white evening gown.
He might as we'll have patted me on
the head"
Il suppose you mean Wilford En-.
glish," said the cute girl, patiently.
why, yes-didn't I say so?"
mo, you simpleton. Now that's just
why he behaves as he does. He can't
help seeing that you consider him
too splendid for anything; and that
would make saint put on airs"
Hush, Alice, somebody might hear
you"
But everybody knows it already
I tell you, if you ever hope to get
him"-whispers of "Oh, Alice!"-"if
you really think he's worth while, that
is, you must make him see that you
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
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Derivation. Of "Scorcher."

;' Whence does the "scorcher' derive
his unhonored name? A recently pub
nshed sPlatonic, dialogue on bicycles
suggests a. resemblance to the squir-
rel with its rapid motion. and the
clutch Of its eforepaws- --and the. Greek
squirrel called himself "skiouros.""
Hence "squiourchers" or ..scorchers.Yy
You need not take this very aserio iously,
for neither the average scorcher nor
the policeman who, tries to arrest him
Is familiar with Greek, says the Lon
don Chronicle. Webster in the latest
supplement notices the word, but
shirks the origin. 20 41scorch' isato
ride + very rapidly, specially on %
bicycle" After all At is probably only
an extension Of the. common phrase
st..t1le pace was hot. (. sk.s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
=TFo=TEsT DRINKING WATER.
Simple. Measures Which Will Prevent
.l-S. i. . 5s&F &s Fl y Sickness. VI \ 2 'ssz% q I

tlg re- - tga + = f'rIt
Simple Measures Which Will Prevent
%@ %@ . gSg &'s E9 Sickness: { 4" u ! ~ 5s9s< s f +
The supply Of drinking water for
the family should be tested at least
once a year. Water that at one time
is pure and wholesome may become
too impure for use, vet. It may be
without color, and have no odor or
taste to. show its dangerous qualities.
"a simple test OF drinking water is
the Meisch sewage test. Full q clean
pint bottle three quarters full 81 the.
water to be tested, and dissolve It IN
half assteaspoon onful of granulatedj
sugar. Cork it and set IT In asswarm'
place for two days. IL during this time
/ It becomes cloudy or milky u Is unfit
for, domestic ilae. II Slt remains per
[fectly clear It Is probably safe. Be
[rarsful that the bottle sbs solutelys
|ls clean, ,ss yo. can make III and the he
tslears pure.
II The second test Ii also q simple
pna Obtain from 8 trustworthy drug.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

ooh. Mr.. English isn't conceited.
But do tell me about it"
'Its very simple. All you need is
an obliging small boy-preferably
about ten years oN-and a sofa
preferably one with high back. You
place the boy behind the sofa and
then after making yourself, oh, terri
bly, agreeable to the young man, in
vite him to come and sit beside you.
Then you ask him if he wouldn't like
to learn a new game that is all the
rage in London or Paris or any other