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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05

shall pass over many of the minor
though not inconsiderable feats of
this wonderful animal, and come d.
rectly to it's capacity for scolding.
But why need dwell on what is so
familiar to us all? Who has not seen
ladies, fair as Aurora, in the very act
of scolding, thousand times? All!
Who has never seen it look blue all
around them? Who would have
guessed such charming being-sQ
lovely to look upon-capable of this?
Who would have dreamed that she
had but to lift those rosy portals and
such torrents of execration would rush
OUTPUT to unloose that little tongue
and shake the armament with it's
thunder!
Is there such noise and confusion in
woman's elements, would ask?
Surely not; the whole mischief is in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
The Tent in Position,

TIE Tent IN Position.
help. Get three old sheets or shawls,
a rope and some safety pins and fol-
low this picture and description:
Tie the rope between two trees, so
that you may walk under it without
touching your head. Throw a sheet
or shawl over it. Tie four strings as
long as yourself to each corner of the
sheet Zone on each corner). On the
other end of each string tie a pointed
stick. Drive these sticks into the
ground as far from the rope as you
can. The sheet will now make good
roof Two more sheets are now used
for the sides of the tent. Each sheet
makes an end and one side.
Use safety pins to pin up these
sides. The hole at each end of the
tent under the roof is necessary to
keep it cool and comfortable. Most
tents are very stuffy and hot, but this
tent is as satisfactory an arrangement
as can be made.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
A Speedy SaiIboat.

The boat that is here shown was
designed especially for a boy who
mad no patience, tools or skill. He
wanted a boat, and one that would go
last. A board with sail stuck up
on it was not to his liking, and so
this entirely original affair was pro-
duced. Nothing in the boat wSs of
value, except as kindling wood, but
the making and sailing of similar
boats afforded many an hours enter
tainment. Each day when the wind
was blowing off shore Ione or more
of these boats were set adrift in Long
Island sound. Off they would go like
catamarans, sometimes at an angle
with the wind, but always out of
sight, never to return. Once in
while one would be adjusted just
right and then it was hard to keep
up with it by rowing, it would go so
fast. The seas would go over them,
but as they had no deck on they
would go.
It was found after awhile that too
short a boat would not steer very
we'll. A long boat on the other hand,
would keep pointing about right, so
that they were made from two to
eight feet long. The best way to
build the boat was to find a board
about four feet long and six or eight
inches wide. This was sawed diagon-
ally across the center, and the angle
made on each piece was made the
bow. These two pieces were held
side by side eight inches apart, and
two narrow strips were nailed across
bow and stern; an extra piece having
a hole in it was nailed on the bow
strip and a stick about foot long
was stuck in it for mast The best
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
Turks and Russians.

Turks and Russians is a game play
ed by two persons with slate and pen
Gil. About quarter of the slate is
marked off by line at each end, and
in each of the compartments 50
marked off are made number of
dots about the size Of pinhead, those
at one end representing Turks and
the other Russians. The number of
Turks and Russians may be large or
small, as agreed on, but must be
equal. At one end of each compart-
ment is small square which serves
as battery. Each player, in turn
places the point of his pencil in his
own battery, and then draws a line
quickly in the direction of his
enemy's men. This line must have
no angles in it, but must be straight
or curved. Those dots through which
the line passes are considered dead
men, and he who first kills all of the
enemy's men is the winner Some
times the players are required to shut
their eyes or turn away their heads,
when drawing their lines.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
EGYPTIAN EQUESTRIENNE

OF all the queer and amusing sights
IN Egypt there is none funnier tnan
the Mohammedan yelled woman rid
ing donkey. First of all she is en-
veloped in habara, made of cotton
or silk, according to her husbands
wealth, that covers her from head to
heels. This is nowhere bound or fas-
tened except at the back of the waist
line, with tape or ribbon. A yas-
max covers her face from the eyes
downward. Her feet are encased in
any sort of coarse cotton stockings,
colored or white, of European make,
and pair of Turkish slippers that
consist of toes and enormously high
heels.
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TrussinQ Game.

The TRUSTING Game is played by
two persons, each Of whom tries to
overturn the other, after both have
been tied or 'trussed," as follows: The
player seats himself on the floor; his
hands, placed palm to palm, are
bound together at the wrist with a
handkerchief, and his legs are tied
in like manner above the ankles. The
knees are then drawn up, the arms
placed over them, and a stick about
four feet long pushed over one arm,
under both knees and out again over
the other arm. The player can now
move no part of his limbs except his
toes. If he is overturned the ends of
the stick prevent his falling on his
side, but he cannot right himself
without aid. Two players ':trussed'
in this way, are placed opposite each
other in the middle Of the room, their
toes just touching. The object of each
is to tip his opponent over by means
OF his toes, and he who first does this
is the winner. If either of the play
ers falls over, he must be placed in
position again by the spectators.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
Wait Proved Himself Hero.

If there be degrees or kinds of hero
ism, then perhaps that arising out OF
unselishness is the highest At all
events, this type was well illustrated
by sailor lad many years ago. He
had been sent, a poor wait, to the
training ship Chichester, and when his
time was up he went to sea. His ship,
bound for New Zealand, was run down
in the English channel, and almost at
once began to fill. In the confusion a
woman rushed on deck and shouted
for the boats. A sailor told her the
boats had been swept away. Madam"
said lad standing by, "you can't
swim; I can. Put on my life buoy"
The lad kept himself af1oat until he
was rescued in the last stage of ex-
haustion, and. though nearly all lives
were lost, the woman to whom he had
given the buoy was among the saved
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05

now worn entirely out with this very
business. The fact is otherwise, how
ever, for in addition to this labor, it
has the strength and capacity to and
actually turns off deal of scandal in
the course of year, and often in a
much shorter period, making every
character within reach of it's notes
blacker than night.
If any one wishes to witness this
part of its performance let him repair
to tea table where the warm extract
OF the Chinese herb circulates freely,
and there he will see it exhibited in
the fullest perfection; but he will find
it difficult, I ween, to make his
thoughts and perceptions keep pace
with the little galloper, unless they
can outrun a steamboat and keep up
with a railroad engine; nevertheless,
he may try it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05

LITTLE KNOWN MANUSCRIPT OF
WASHINGTON IRVING JUST PUBLISHED


From the New York Sunday World
The Sunday World Magazine pub
llshes a sketch by Washington Irving
which has never before appeared in
PRINT. 1t is many years since any ad-
dltlons have been made to the pub
llshed writings of Mr.. Irving, his fame
having been well established during
MS lie and a careful garnering hav-
ing been made of all that had emanat-
I'd from his facile and felicitous pen.
The little sketch published in the
Sunday World Magazine is therefore
OF unusual interest to all admirers of
Washington Irving's writings.
The manuscript of this sketch is
the property of a Brooklyn family,
who are descendants of the lady at
whose request the famous author of
the story of Rip Van Wrinkle wrote the
sketch in the autumn of 1882. That
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05

to do this. although little twist of
the wrist does it all, but it takes little
or no practice to make q hoop roll
backward.
Take the hoop in your right hand,
your finger ends on the inner side and
your thumb pressed firmly on the out
side. Now give it an underhand pitch
away from you, at the same time turn
Ing your hand swiftly over SO that
your fingers are above and your thumb
below. This will make the hoop re.
volye toward you, although the force
of your throw carries it a little way IN
the other direction. In an:instant this
force will be overcome by the force
5of the twist yo,ls gave IT, which makes
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05

side by pair of rosy lips and by
sweetly blushing cheeks on the other,
it is placed in it's honored seat to be
the unseen interpreter of those lovely
eyes that beam so bright above, but
not for that only, for besides, it an
swers every other purpose good and
bad under the whole heaven.
I shall not attempt to analyze this
little organ and show how curiously it
is constructed; suffice it for me to de-
tail some of the many uses to which
it is applied by it's fair owner.
In the first place, then, it does a
wonderful sight of gossiping. Indeed,
it has such wide range and such full
employment in Kidding and sitting
and exposing it's neighbors' affairs,
that it's marvellous how it ever finds
time for anything else. For myself, I
wonder the little machine is not ere
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05

OF the honeysuckles. One must be
very still, for the slightest noise fright
ems it away.
1t has very gorgeous coloring. The
upper parts are shining green, the
wings and tail are quite dark, and the
throat is a blazing red.
In the winter it goes from southern
Florida to Central America.
The nest is very cute structure. It
is made of plant down, then covered
over with moss lichens and small
plant fibers and is usually built in
orchard trees or oaks. The eggs are
two in number and of beautiful pure
white.
It's favorite dish is the honey and
small insects which it discovers in
the flowers that it frequents.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
ROLLING THE BALkY HOOPS.

Do you know that you can roll a
hoop backward? That is, start it roll
ing in one direction and have it sud-
denly stop, and then start rolling in
exactly the other direction. Well, you
can, and very easily, too, and that is
only one of the queer things one can
do with hoops.
A vaudeville performer used to
amuse large audiences by making
hoops roll in lots of queer ways, turn
ing corners, chasing each other in cir
cles and acting generally as if they
were alive and were playing tag
games Of their own.
1t takes a lot of practice to be able
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
WhY2

why!
Why leave for the evening shadows
wine Inc duties of early day?
=" r n.y. grudge until bleak December
I'M, me Kindness we owe to May-
lis Is, time for the bud and blossom
NY W men skies are serene and blue;
Wno soweth in chilly autumn
heaps harvest of bitter rue.
my frown or thy unkindness,
MAS AS bitter as draught of gall,
way sting thee as scourge of nettles
IRE lowers nights sable pail:
beWare lest thy tardy kisses
FAN madly on lips OF clay,
" heart thou this morn couldst comfort
BE pulseless ere close Of day.
re kind while life's morn still fingers;
my love and thy helpful hands
onall be as the founts of water
10 Wanderer DER desert sands:
"A word from the heart, in kindness,
May pierce the gray mists of pain,
ana arch DER the hills eternal
Inc rainbow Of hope again.
Mary E. Killilee In New York Sun.
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kind of masts were made Of dOwels-
sticks one-quarter inch thick to be
found at lumber yards and hard.
ware stores.
On the mast was fastened a cross
arm just as wide as the boat. A
piece of sheeting made an excellent
sail, and after it was fastened on the
arm with a thread and needle, the
two lower corners were fastened Sc
curely to the sides of the boat. The
sail was put as far forward as pos
sible in the bow Of the boat, for it
helped steer, and no rudder became
necessary. Without any doubt, the
boy who lives near the water and can
find some odd pieces Of lumber, some
nails and a piece of cloth will find
in this boat-making enough to amuse
him off and on half the summer
Boston Herald.
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other end around branch of a tree
as far away from the trunk as pos
sible. Let the board be not more
than six or seven inches wide.
A good athletic boy can have great
fun with such a swing. There is
knack in handling it, but when once
mastered he can swing back CT forth
perfectly straight in any direction.
Grasp the rope as high as you ca1
reach, stand far back and with a
quick jerk lift yourself off the ground
and straddle the swing. The board
should be far enough from the ground
to let the toes touch, then, by touch
ing the ground occasionally it is pos.
sible to keep going straight and not
revolve. If some one is near by to
push you can be pushed in a circle
like merry go-round." There is
enough variety in this style of swing
to make it worth while to make it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
GAMBLE IN RARE BOOKS.
Kings Prayerbook, Two Years Old,
Rises From 5000 to $1,000.

Kings Prayerbook, Two Years Old,
Rises From 5000 to $1,000.
The original subscribers for a CODY
of King Edward VII prayerbook,
which, after nearly three years. labor,
has just been completed, find them
selves in the happy position of being
able to sell their claim to a COPY for
nearly ten times the original subscrip-
ton if they feel inclined to do so. Ten
copies were printed on vellum, and two
years ago the subscription for a COPY
was 5000. The price to-day for a COPY
is $1,S00, which was obtained by one
OF the original subscribers quite re-
Gently.
An edition de luxe of Shelley's
poems was subscribed for not long ago
at $3.50 per copy. The volumes took
some six months to prepare, and fifty
copies were issued. Some months
after the edition came out, one of the
subscribers disposed Of two copies at
the remunerative figure of $500.
Not long since well-known dealer
bought up the whole of an elaborate
ed1t1On OF Millions poems. The edition
consisted Of 100 volumes, each costing
the dealer SIS.
He put five on the market in New
York some time later, and they Sc
cured the fairly profitable figure of SIS
apiece.
The dealer finally disposed of the
remainder at an average figure of $165
for each book.
Subscribing for high.priced books
with view to making money on them
is, however, a risky work for an ANA.
teur who has no real knowledge of
the book market. The speculator in
high-priced editions must be prepared
to lose. The average Individual who
makes money over books, as a rule,
does so unexpectedly, and for reasons
Of, which he is entirely ignorant
Stray Stories.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
The Telephone in the JunoIe.

Abyssinia is being wired" Some
1000 miles of telephone-line have
been put up, and as much more is
being laid. The work is no Joke. The
rains and the poles fell. The white
ants ate up large collection of
wooden poles. Then iron ones were
put up, which the simple native liked
so we'll that he took them home to
use in his business. The Negus
stopped this amusement by proclaim
ing death to the -pilferers. But
his royal mandate cannot prevent the
Bandarlog, the monkey people, from
swinging in the wires or-what is
much more delightful the: elephant
from scratching himself against the
poles. The telephone-pole is a
scratching-post for elephants. d. Thus
does civilization provide home com
forts for the Jungle people Every
body's Magazine. 81. Il q q
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mate tries his hand and tries to make
his hoop roll back farther than yours
did.
This sounds very simple and easy,
but it is not at all SO, for after a
hoop has rolled backward for a little
way it will usually roll in q circle, and
if you are not careful it will, after
passing you, roll clear around you and
stop between the lines in front Of you
after all ~ 49,. o':.5 p, z1>Gt.. g. -. =. XII
It takes lot of nice judgment and
a very delicate sense of touch to make
a hoop roll straight backward till it
drops, and you will find that this pas.
time will $can forth as much skill as
marbles or an tennis sFs5s
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it revolve toward you. The hoop will
stop, and then roll toward you, pass
ing you if you have given it a strong
enough twist.
When you have mastered this, as
you will at your very first trial, you
are ready for very pretty little pas
time. Get one of your friends to pro-
vide himself with hoop, and have
backward race with you. Draw two
lines, ten yards, or thirty feet, apart,
and standing on one line throw your
hoop past the other line, at the same
time giving it the backward twist.
Your object is to make it roll toward
you, to pass you and roll as far be-
hind you as it will. Then your play
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
LADIES' TONGUES.
BY Washington Irving.

The apostle of the Gentiles has very
ably discoursed of tongues in general;
but l shall contine my remarks to la
dies tongues in particular and this
branch Of the subject is alone, me-
thinks, copious theme.
The place assigned a lady's tongue
is well known to be an enviable one.
Well guarded and secured by ivory
palisades, concealed from view on one
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05

Standing on the pavement or floor
she is droll-looking creature, so dis
guised her own husband wouldn't
know her, but put her on one of those
handsome, fine bred donkeys, with
her feet drawn up so that her knees
almost touch her chin, and the ha-
bara, inflated like a balloon, she is
sight to create laughter among gods
and men.
Her saddle is clumsy but the sad.
dle-cloth is deliberately embroidered
with gold thread, and the donkey
wears a necklace Of blue beads and
i stores. ~ 5 SS sS hi ss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
Chinese Papers at Pekin.

The Japanese for long time have
published a newspaper in Chinese at
Pekin. A little while ago the Russo
Chinese Bank, disappearing Of Its tone,
got out. a rival sheet, and more re-
Gently a third appeared the inspira-
ton Of which comes from the Ger
man legation. % @s Il .s. 5 sal $t ,s%
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
The hunninq Bird.

One of the prettiest and most inter
esting of birds common to the eye is
the humming bird. It is so very little
and dainty and goes about its work
with such an air of authority that one
loves to jwatch it as it fits in Il and out
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05

was the year following Mr.. Irvings
return to New York, after his long
stay in Europe, where he gathered ma
terial for his Life of Columbus"
conquest of Grenada and other
works, and spent three years in dip
'omatic service in London.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05

pair Of tongs, such as come. in candy
boxes. Each person must try to, re-
move the peanuts one at time with
out stirring the other nuts. At the
end of twenty minutes bell is rung,
and the one having removed the larg-
est number of peanuts is awarded a
simple little prize.
Another simple but amusing pastime
is to have ring hung from the chan
delier at convenient distance from
the floor. Each child must walk di-
rectly up to the ring, and without hes
itating try to run pencil through the
ring. This sounds very easy, but if
you try it yourself you will be sur
prised how difficult it really is.
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Games for Rainv DAYS.

Lots of fun can be had with a pea
nut tournament. Have four people at
each table, and in the center of each
have large bowl of peanuts, and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05

A donkey-boy in a long blue cotton
gown, a gallabich, walks or runs by
her side and prods the donkey with a
metal-pointed stick.
The Egyptian men on donkeys are
exactly the opposite of the women.
They sit as if they were part of the
beasts, and are dignified beyond be-
lief, even though their feet often
almost touch the ground on either
side.
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The Single Rope, Swing.

The Single Rope, Swing.
Sometimes a rope will be found
lying about the barn or back of the
house which could be used to make a
swing, but it is not quite long enough
for the purpose. That is the time. a
single rope swing may be made
which will furnish enough fun to last
all summer.
The end of soap box makes a
good seat. Bore hole in the mid
die of a board, pass the rope through
and tie a knot in the bottom. Tie the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-11-05
Tent Made on a Rome.

A tent can be made by children very
easily and quickly without outside
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Salvation Army Funds.
There is a disposition in England
to worry Gen. Booth about the custody.
of the Salvation Army funds, for the
army now has an annual income of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-02
West Virginia Democrats

PARKERSBuRG, w. Va, Aus, e.
Encouraged by the dissensions IN the
republican ranks and by the support
expected to be derived from the nom
nation Of ex-senator Davis for the
vice presidency, the democrats OF
West Virginia meet In state conTen-
tion here tomorrow confident that
they will name the ticket that will
win at the November election. Much
enthusiasm Is manifested among the
delegates already arrived and the at
tendance is expected to be unusually
large. Prior to the st. Louis conyen-
ton it was the intention of the demo-
Gratis TO nominate ex-senator Davis
for governor. Now that he has been
called TO a higher place there prom
ises to be an interesting contest for
the head of the ticket. Among those
whose names are mentioned In con-
neesSan with the honor are Judge
John Fl. Holt Of Huntington; judge
David u, Johnston of Rluefield: John
w. Davis of slarksburgs G. Weod
DALEY of Elkins; o. S. Mckinney q
Fairmont; Ex-Governor Mccorkle g
Charleston; Stuart w. Walker 9
Martinsburg; Judge i. n. Tayennel
Of Parkersburg, and G. W. osentof
! of Fayetteville. "