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to Bliss, O. T., so that the sightseers
may be able to witness the event.
While the Poncas are keeping the
the details of their plans secret, there
can be no doubt that the hunt will not.
compare with those Of the days when
there were millions of buffaloes on the
plains. In those days a buffalo hunt
was, in a measure, one of the most
dangerous sports man or horse could
enter into. Those who have taken
part in these hunts have described
them as being unsurpassed in the ex-
element they produced.
The Indians on their fleet ponies
pursued their prey with swiftness, and
the spectacle of an immense herd,
sometimes a mile long, pursued, and
it might be said, with equal justice,
pursuing the hunters; dust enveloping
the hunters, horses running close
without being guided, and apparently
entering into the spirit of the hunt
as much as the riders was an expe-
rience never to be forgotten. So fas-
cinating did the chase become that
the more it was INDUCED in the
keener grew the enjoyment, until, as
some hunters will confess, it finally
became passion. In the eagerness
of the chase every muscle quivered,
every nerve was at it's fullest tension,
every faculty was keenly on the alert,
and the excitement brought with it
the glow of health and the vigor of
youth. When the firing began the
reins were dropped over the horses
neck and not touched again by the
rider until he was through firing. The
horse had to avoid obstacles in his
path without suggestion from his
rider. If there was a hole in the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16
Simple Experiments,


A very interesting branch of study
is vibration.
A vibration you know, is defined as
an impulse, but If a series or num-
Der of impulses are produced sing1y
and at irregular intervals, very little
effect upon anything can be produced.
If the reverse is true, however, results
often astounding will be noticed.
And that, by the way, teaches an i'm
portant lesson. You cannot do any,
thing of any account by means of a
single effort. You must keep at it,"
regularly and constantly.
Did you ever, with a playmate, cross
stream walking over plank, keep
ing step the while?
What happened? Why, the plank be-
gan to jump and bounce until you
both came near falling into the water
Your regular footballs set up vibra.
ton, and the plank was obedient to
it's law
Probably you know that as a rule
soldiers are obliged to break step
when crossing a bridge. If they con-
tinued marching such vibration would
be set up that the bridge would prob
ably fall. In going over great
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have always enjoyed a reputation for
driven from their Red river home by
their old enemy, the Chippewas, who
forced them beyond the Missouri
river. Following them up closely, the
Chippewas drove them away once
more, when they Joined the Omahas,
which alliance has had the effect of
preventing their humiliation.
Although part of the Sioux nation,
the other tribes kept up relentless
war upon the Poncas, as did the Paw
nees, Osages and the Kansas Indians.
What these wars left, smallpox and
the white mans vices nearly finished,
and from total of about 5000 there
are only about 600 now. The remnant
was placed on a reservation, near the
mouth Of NiObrara river, in Nebraska,
and here their ill-luck followed them.
This time it was not their Indian en-
envy, but the federal government
which failed them. Uncle Sam neg
lected the terms of the treaty made
with them, and once more they be-
came nomads, forced to the hunt for
subsistence. They nearly starved to
death, and, as if destiny had some
thing worse in store for them, they
were forcibly removed to Indian Ter
ritory, where the unwholesome water
killed off their animals and depopu-
lated their ranks. Subsequently they
returned to their friends, the Omahas,
and then to their home in Nebraska.
Forty years ago, when Chief White
Eagle was chosen, there were about
5000 in the tribe. Only eight survive
of those who hunted the buffalo at his
Inauguration. The Council of Ad-
visers consists of ten, and since he
can no longer draw the necessary quo
rum he has retired, and his son, Horse
Chief, takes his place at the head of
the tribe.
In accordance with the traditional
laws of the tribe, the chief and his
advisers are selected in buffalo hunt.
The coming hunt will bear little re-
semblance to that Of forty years ago.
Then the arena was the boundless
plains; now it is to be an Enclosure
5000 feet long and 1,500 leet wide.
Then it took place with herds innu-
merable; now three bison from the
Goodnight ranch, in Texas, will fur
nish the sport.
1t is intended to make a show of
the hunt, and Indians from the tribes
in Indian and Oklahoma Territories
have been invited. Some have al
ready arrived and erected their
tepees. One of the western railroads
aSoects to run excursion trains down
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countless numbers. The bison was
particularly numerous in Kansas at
one time, owing to the fact that the
buffalo grass was there most plentl.
full. At times the plaiRs were solid
moving mass of monsters; as far as
the eye could see they were visible in
enormous numbers: Trains were Of
ten delayed while herd crossed the
tracks of the Union Pacific railroad
At one time they roamed all over
the country. Naturally migratory, the
Indians knew their wondering habits,
and followed them. They were in
those days of the greatest value to
the Indians. They supplied nearly all
of their food, and millions were
slaughtered each year for the susie
nance of the red man. Not only die
the buffalo supply food, but furnished
the robes and hides for, clothing and
dwellings.
The practical extinction of the buff
falo was not due to the Indian, but ia
the white man. While the Indian
! never killed more than was needed.
the white man slaughtered relent
lessly. Then, too, the white hunter.
when he was hunter and not merely
tenderfoot out on a sporting excur
sion, would simply take the fur hide
and leave the carcass to the wolves
He was very wasteful, and the
''sportsman" who spent day killing
off perhaps hundreds, would not touch
! the. meat, although the knowing ones
| found the buffalo steak superior tc
| that of the beef of commerce.
! Buffalo hunting was a science, anC
| was only to be engaged in safely by
those who thoroughly understood the
methods of their prey. In the hunt
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16
Thought Reading by a Watch.

. Thought Reading by Watch.
A most puzzling trick is thought
reading by watch" Place a watch
on a table, ask some one to think of
certain hour, and then to consider
that he has counted up to that num-
Der. Tell him you will point at vari-
GUS hours on the watch, and that he
must add the number of times you
point to the number of the hour of
which he thought. Instruct him that
when he reaches No. 20 he must tell
you to stop pointing, and you will
then be pointing at the hour he Sc
lected.
For example: Say he thinks Of Z
o'clock. When you have pointed 13
times he must stop you, because he
has then counted to 20. Now it does
not matter of what hour he thought;
at the Goth count you will have ar
rived at the correct hour it you re-
member always to let your eighth
pointing be to II o'clock, and from
there to follow the hours around
backward, i. e., from IL to II, and
so on till you are told to stop.
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rooted with red tiles, are all exactly
alike and possess only ground door
built on high piles. .:,.. -
Fudge Recipe.

3 A recipe for fudge, the ever fascin-
Eating candy which. girls love to make,
is sent in as follows: = ''''>
Two cups of white sugar, three ta-
blespoonfuls of cocoa, (mix well).
about two-thirds cup of milk, a piece
of butter about the size of small
egg. Cook until it gets stringy, or
else sugars around the edges. Just
before taking off the stove add one
half teaspoonful of favoring. When
taken or the stove beat it for min
ute or two, or until it gets just hard
enough to turn into buttered pans
without hardening. This is fine with
nuts in. When almost cool cut in
squares.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16
LIVING PICTURES.

To make living pictures provide
yourself with a sheet of stiff white
cardboard and a spool, one end of
which you cut off squarely. Stick the
spool on a piece of strong wire, and
bend the wire in such way that the
longer end serves as a handle, while
the other end keeps the spool from
sliding off (see b.. Now take your
compass and draw a circle seven
inches in diameter on the Cardboard
Cut the circle out carefully. Draw
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16
Floating Trianqle-A Trick.


Here is an interesting experiment.
boys and girls:
Take wet lead pencil point and
draw on thick paper a triangle
(Which need not be automatically
perfect).
Take basin of water and lay this
paper on the surface of the water,
with the drawing UP. Very carefully
fill the space inside the lines with
water. (The water will not flow be-
yond the lines which you drew with
your wet lead pencil point).
Next take a needle or pin, dip the
point of it into the wet triangle near
one of the angles. But don't let it
touch the paper.
Now an odd thing will happen; the
paper will be sure to move on the
water until the center of area comes
directly under the point.
You should previously have found
where the center of area is by draw
ing lines from any two angles to the
centers of the opposite sides. (See
the picture.) The point where the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16

The Ponca Indians are about to
elect their tribal chief in the tradi-
tional manner-with buffalo hunt,
and for that purpose have purchased
three bison. For the sentimentalist
there is in this statement the pathetic
reminder that both the buffalo and the
Indian are almost extinct, and that
the, coming hunt will probably be the
last to be witnessed on the western
plains.
There are little more than a hand
full of the Poncas left; if the white
man ever found good milan, which
some claim to be an impossibility, the
Ponca was a near approach to that
ideal. The tribe was part of the
Sioux nation, and the original home
was near a branch of the Red river
and Lake Winnipeg. The Poncas
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16
many railroad bridges the speed of 10.
comotives must be slackened, because
the regular swing Of the pistons re-
suits in the same manner. 1872
A Tanqle Party.

A tangle party is a jolly idea fol
parents. Lengths Of ribbon or colored
Irvine are twisted all over the house,
and the children are told that if they
can find the end Of the thread they
can have whatever they will find at
the end Of it. The ribbons begin in
one room and end in another. They
are passed through keyholes, twisted
around balusters, and perhaps one end
is in the garnet or in the kitchen.
If presents cannot be bought for all
the children two handsome prizes can
be purchased instead, one for a
girl and one for boy, and secured to
the end of blue ribbon and red rib
bon, respectively. But little present
each is more pleasing, on the whole,
as children like to carry home some
little souvenir of party, if it is only
a tiny toy or a pretty red notebook
or nice little box of sweets.
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ground, he must detect it and jump
in the same manner. He was the
pilot, and his only duty was to carry
his rider safely and surely without
being told what to do.
Time was, within the memory of
many living men, who are not so very
old, either, when the American bison,
or as he will perhaps always be called
here, the buffalo, existed in the west
ern country in numbers incalculable.
Between the eastern range of the
Rocky mountains and the Mississippi
river they roved in herds so large as
to seem impossible to one who never
saw them. There is a well-authenti-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16
Homemade Switch.

Get piece of board 4x5x1a in thick
ness, a piece Of copper and some
screws and wire; now we are ready
to start.
The switch E is made of a piece Of
copper Is inch wide. 1t is pivoted at
with a screw.
To the end of E is fastened a cop
per wire (No. 25), which leads to the
upper binding post.
This switch has six contact points.
These consist of brass screws and
copper or tin washers. Having F as
a center. draw the arc of circle that
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16
p! - |bi' -,
Do It. Now!

When you've got a job to do, IA, :. :, -,
+ it's one you wish was through,
a., Do it now!
f you're sure the jobs your own.
oont hem and haw and groan-
r.. s. ., II Do it now!
Don't put off bit of work, 80
1t doesn't pay to shirk,
II you want to fill a place ~
ana be useful to the race, ~ -
Just get up and take brace, y
Do it now!
Do it now!
You'll lose if you delay,
DO it now!
II the other fellows wait,
Qr postpone until it's late,
You hit up faster gait
Do it now!
Frank harrington
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16

fit over the end of the spool which is
cut off squarely.
Now to make the living pictures.
We cut out circles six inches in di.
ameter and copy c and D as they ap.
pear in the drawing. Fig. E shows a
circle with design of living pictures
attached to the large circle with the
little windows.
o is wheel with seven spokes.
We attach the circle to the large cir
Gle on the spool with the help of a
little wax and stand before a large
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16

a second circle three-eighths of an
inch from the edge Of the first circle
and divide it with a pen into eight
parts, which you connect with the
center of the circle by lines. A third
circle which you draw is seven
eighths Of an inch from the edge.
Between the two inside circles, at
each Of the divisions, cut out square
windows, as shown in a.. Cut out a
square at the center Of the circle to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16

mirror, turning the front of the CIR
Gle toward the glass. Now we give
the circle quick turn with the hand,
looking through the little windows at
the same time. The wheel will appear
to have, all its eight spokes instead
Of seven and will turn in the. opposite
direction from the circle we hold IN
our hand. Fig. G will show the pen.
du1um Of clock in notion Fig. R3'
q ball FIXING through a ring. 4 II 5l n
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16

has radius of inches. Place the
contact screws along this arc and
about 18 inch apart, center to center;
the last Screw forms a part of binding
post A.
This switch can be also used as a
speed regulator for small motors or
dynamos.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-16

Gated story that the garrison at Fort
Kearney actually fired their canon at
an immense herd once to prevent
them taking the fort in a rush. Many
officers and cavalrymen who were
stationed on the frontier years ago
tell of travelling for month at a time
and never being out of sight of their
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two lines cross will be the center OF
area.
Try this interesting experiment.
The small boys way of saying it in
three letters? Nam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-08
KILLED BY THE CARS.
Unknown Man Found on B. and O.
Tracks at Laurel

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
LAUREL Nd, June S.-The body of an
unknown man, apparently about thirty-hVe
years of age, was found on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad tracks in front of the
station here about 5:25 o'clock this morn
ing. The head was horribly mangled and
the brains were scattered over the ties.
The lower part of the body was also mutt
lated and several bones were broken. 1t
was impossible to identify him, as he had
no papers of any kind in his pockets. nor
did he have any money. His clothes were
good but showed some little wear.
The opinion of those who viewed the re-
mains is that the man had been tramp,ns
through the country and had sat down on
the station platform to rest during the
night and, falling asleep, had rolled over
on to the track and been struck by one OF
the night trains from Washington to Balti-
more. He had long, brown hair and a
smooth face. and wore blue sack coat,
striped gray trousers and low-cut, but
toned shoes.
AS the body was found seventy-five or
eighty feet from the platform. 1t Is sup
posed that he was dragged by the fender
of the engine after having been struck.
Those who made the discovery this MORN
ing Immediately notified the local coroner,
Thos. NJ. Baldwin. An inquest was held
and verdict of accidental death rendered.
The body was then delivered to a local I'M
dertaker, and, if il is claimed by no one
will be buried here.
1t is thought the man was killed either
by the through Philadelphia express, leav-
ing Washington at 1870 pm, or by the
through express leaving there about 2
gineer on either of these trains was aware
OF the accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-08
A Literary Humbug.
From the New York Sun.


THE greatest buffer in the literary
game that 1 ever heard Of" said a man en-
ployed in the counting room of a big mag
azine, was fellow who probably never
wrote line in his life, but he had some
reason for wanting to make some friends
think that he was regular contributor
He came into our Office and offered us
a $50 bill, and asked if we would let him
have the concerns check for that amount
He showed us the check of one other mag
azine which he had already secured. When
asked what he wanted the check for he
made no bones of explaining that he want
ed to show it to two or three friends to
make them think that the check was in
payment for story. My house declined
to accommodate him.
I'VE did ask him, though, how he would
keep up the bluff If one of his friends hap
pened to ask him to show his story in the
magazine. He said that would be easy, as
he would declare that he was writing over
q nom de plume"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-08
FRENCH CoMPANY's CLAIM.
Mr.. Cromwell Confers With Rear Ad-
miral Walker.

William Nelson Cromwell, representing
the new Panama Canal Company from
whom the United States acquired the canal
concession, and NJ. Choron, engineer In
charge of construction of the canal during
French ownership, yesterday conferred with
Rear Admiral Walker, chairman OF the
commission, in regard to the claim OF the
French company. This claim Is for reim-
bursement of the amounts expended by the
French company during the negotiations
for the sale of the canal property to this
government. 49,,
The accounts must be audited and the
date fixed when liability of the Cmted
States shall begin before the amount OF
the claim can be determined. the repre-
sentatives of the French company holo
that the United States should reimburse
the company for all expenditures from the
time an agreement was made FOR the puT
chase while members of the government
commission believe the United States shoulo
nav only from the time the property was
actually taken over.
objection is made to paying the expenses
of work during the time negotiations were
pending with Colombia for the ratihcaton
of the Hay-Herran treaty. The accounts
will be audited and a report made by the
commission to Secretary Taft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-08
EARLY USE OF GLOVES.
They Were Sometimes Made to Rep
resent Men Who Wore Them.
From st. Nicholas

From st. Nicholas
In the early days everything was not
regulated for the people, as 1t Is now, by
the government and the law courts Eu-
rope was still young then, and people had
rough and ready means of dealing with
one another. of buying and selling or CIV
ing goods and property and settling dis
putes A glove, as 1t was very close in
deed to a mans hand, came in course of
time to be looked upon as taking the place
OF the hand itself, and sometimes took the
mans place and was made to represent
him.
For example: To open a fair it was neces-
sary then to have the consent and-protec-
ton of the great lord in whose country it
was going to be held. Those who wished
to open the fair would come to the noble
man and petition him to be present. He
might be very busy, or bored at the idea of
having to go, yet he would, know that 1t
must be opened or his people would be dis
contented
So he would say to the leaders of the
people: mo, my trusty fellows, I can't
open the fair in person, but l will send my
glove to do 1t. You all know my glove.
Nobody has any like it in the country. 1t
is the only one my lady mother enlbroid-
cred for me in colored silks and silver wire,
and it has deep violet fringe. You can
hang 1t above the entrance of your fair
grounds as sign that you are acting with
my permission. If any disputes your right
or touches his masters glove, / will at
tend to him. that's ALI" So the glove would
travel in state to open the fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-08
IMPROVED IN APPEARANCE.
Giving Up the Use of Soft Coal in the
Post Office BuiIdinr

One effect of the recent order of the
President to all government departments
to observe the smoke law of the District
is the rehabilitation of the various offices
| in the Post Office Department building. The
consumption OF soft coal by the govern
| ment departments has not improved the
general appearance of the white walls of
the buildings. Freshly calsomined walls
soon become dark gray, then almost black
with the accumulation of carbon and the
officials were at loss to cure the evil
while the bituminous product was being
burned. The cost of cleaning the walls
was no inconsiderable item and the time
and money expended in this way was al
most wasted as far as permanent effect
was concerned
Then suddenly came the direction of the
President to comply with the laws of the
District regarding the use of soft coal or
the emission of dark gray or black smoke
from chimneys. The effect was magical
| In every building where the walls had been
d!scolored by the use of soft coal came
| acquisitions for calsomining or cleaning.
The superintendent or custodians of gov
eminent buildings were flooded with work
and the Post Office building has been one
of the first to profit by the order. In time
the entire building will have been renovated
in so far calsomining Is concerned. The
great court has been so unseemly with coal
smoked walls that visitors commented on
the streaked marble, supposing that to be
| the material used in it's construction. when
| in reality it is mostly brick work calso-
mined.
The fifth floor. on which are located the
| offices of the Postmaster General and his
| four assistants, has begun to feel the eff
| feet of the executive order, and from the
office of r. Payne to that of Mr.. Bristow
| the work Is going on 1t will be carried
| on as rapidly as possible and the result
| when the building gets its new dress, will
| be undoubtedly delightful after the dirty
| gray which has for SO long outraged the
| esthetic eye, has given place to pure
| white