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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-04-01
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fta6ig Smerte / Sioen, Maocipabom,
Tem Soite, ut nteget let SorfisleFe
og fSlte nerpss % tr9t belle Chen.
9eritna Far giort mig iii er beliig
og iterf apinbe. Seq ~torbeorebes og
off 9urtig fremob | Stprfe og SoIS,
efterat ie9 be9pnbte me6 Ceres ODE
hicin % fan mi giSre mere Irbei6e
ilSen at f6le set, emo ieg bar ginrt
paa mango 4ar." Wageie 5rartfs.
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Mo., bobbe llbtemmeIie fra 2rene.
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Zig fra mine Sreu. Seq prsoebe
flere Mi6ler, lren ingen gap 2in-
bring. SiGiioit fit ieg en- 8ldife Ye.
ritna, og Def aior6e mig iaa me8et
qobt, at ieg peoblco at brrtqe Set; isg
boloer mn paa me6 Ben fierSe 6laife.
% ieg mao iige oct bar fiernet ale
mine onbe Spmptomer. Der en- life
Slnerte / init Sopeb mere, mine Gren
riuoer life mere, o9 ieg fsler en- bel
Del bebrP," Boit. g. s. Renfrog
Gn Cages greb.
Or. 2lemeGpn Soroan, ReSicol
graminer Of II. 9. Sreaiurp Depart.
ment, @raoltent fra Columbia Col
Iege, og Tom tiente ire Gar beo @eft
8oiut, bar feIgenoe at ii8e ONT Ge'
runa:
Sinao mig at ubtole min Sofncm.
meligbeo til Gem for Sen gtntte, ieg
bar babt al 9eres merfelige Wib6el.
On fort Waoneo bar f~rcntbragt en-
flor 6oranbring, og ieg amer mig nil
font en- friif Mano efter Here Iaa'
ncoers 2iSeIier. @eolioeuoe, Geru'
no bill bel6re6e eber!" - Or. Gle
ipellpu Serbian.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-04-01
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900 923 Stod
Grdunae Bull
bling, Chicago, 81.
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Ste @uoerneroalg.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-04-01
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er6ner og fan life nofiom prize oet.
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beer, ion brltaer Eerltuo mi, GA 6et
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ina ubmerfet. Oct err iaa goot til al
etoe Stprfe." @rs. %. Wcgioberts
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1904-04-01
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@inobam. boiat /
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glla., Suscalooia
Gountp, i~fripes:
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14

vide handsome stock for a hawker
in popular lines of food.
Among these unfortunates, who
often walk the streets at night for
want of half-penny to engage lodg-
ings on damp floor swarming with
vermin, one hears the doctrines OF
Proudhon and Ferdinand Lassalle dis
cussed volubly. Their works have
been translated into little pamphlets
and read to the illiterate by the occa-
sional scholar who carries a few
thousand ideagraphs in his brain.
Japan has come so far" they all
say; why will it not be well to go
the entire route, or at least so far as
the ideal state?"
Poor, hungry, bedraggled dreamers!
But they are not alone, for the Japa-
nese of all ranks outside of the bour-
geoisie and the great mobiles are ask
ing the same thing. With eminent
practically they ask: Why is it not
as easy to get government that rep
resents the best conception of man as
to worry along with makeshift that
is manifestly imperfect?
Before Japan lies the sinister shad-
QW Of an Irresistible conflict.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14

Little Daudi Chua speaks English
and gives state dinners, at which there
is curious mixture of African and
European foods and customs, though
the royal table is supplied with fine
linen, cut glass and silver brought out
from London. At these banquets the
chief duty of the Prime Minister is to
see to it that his royal master does
not eat enough to make himself sick.
The youngest professional organist
in the world is Kathleen Mills, who
presides over the great organ in the
Catholic church at Ongar, Essex, Eng
land. The regular organist falling i'll,
little Miss Mills took her place and
played for several Sundays with such
skill on the instrument that all the
people were astonished when they
found out that child of eleven years
was presiding over the keys and stops.
The youngest master Of fox hounds
in the world is Lord de Clifford, who
is eighteen, and has been master of
the Dalgan pack, in County Galway,
Ireland. for two years.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Old and New japan

OF old Japan there were few vio-
lent contrasts between rich and poor
and, in fact, the Industrial plutocrat
was unknown, says a contributor to
the London Mail. The nobly born
were rich, if rich at all, only in land
and rice, and they we're not envied,
as they seem to belong to the natural
order of creation. But to-day the
tradesman and the manufacturer,
who were once almost the lowest of
mankind, infinitely below the tillers
of the soil, are becoming insolently
rich and are the real lords of Japan,
while the children of Samurai are
glad to get small clerkships from
those whom their fathers despised.
have been spending much time
in darkest Tokyo of late and the mi
croscopic misery to be found there
would make a story appalling to those
who fancy that Japan is nothing but
swaying lanterns and softly falling
cherry blossoms. Buying and selling
is conducted on such an infinitesimal
scale among these submerged wretch
es that the sum of sixpence will pro-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Begin Life'S Duty Early

The richest baby in the world is said
to be the son of the late Harold Brown
of Providence, R. I. The death, within
few days of each other, of his father
and his uncle, left this youngster the
possessor of a fortune which is esti-
mated at between forty and fifty mil
lions of dollars.
The youngest general in the world
is Sultan Ahmed Mira, youngest son
of the late Shah OF Persia, and brother
of the present shah. He was born in
1891 and is, therefore, only 10; but he
is full general in the Persian army,
and has regul lar staff. He; holds re-
views of the troops and plays soldier
with an army corps for plaything.
The youngest king in the world is
Daudi Chua, king of Uganda, who is
now eight. He holds his court seated
on a scarlet throne with leopard
skin mat under his feet, and bearing
in his hand toy gun. The British ex-
ercise a protectorate over the young
king and his kingdom, and have es-
tablished for him sort of parliament.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Black Cayuqa DUCKS.

The black Cayuga duck is of Amer
lean origin, and has been bred so
long in this country that all record of
it's origin is lost. It first drew the
attention of people in the vicinity OF
Cayuga Lake in New York, and from
this lake it takes it's name. 1t used
to be called the big Black Duck" and
the Lake Duck" BY some it is
claimed that this breed comes from
the wild black duck which was do
INVESTIGATED in the vicinity of the lake
named. The mature drake weighs
pounds and the mature duck Z pounds
These birds are said to do we'll and
are especially adapted to a restricted
range. They breed we'll in conf1ne-
ment. They are quiet and docile and
form a strong attachment for their
home. They show no desire to stray
far away from the place where they
are bred. They fatten easily and are
therefore readily kept in good condi-
ton, the trouble being that they fire.
quently become too fat. The duck
lings are hardy and are easy to raise
and attain good weight in a short
time Their color is lustrous black
throughout.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Bill Of Old Election

Many interesting stories are told in
relation to electioneering bills. Some,
of course, will never be related. Pat.
rick Melia of No. SO Sackett street.
Brooklyn, has as a souvenir an &C.
count dated 1926, and issued to Sir
Mark Somerville. It reads as follows:
my bill:-To eating sixteen free
holders above stairs, at three shill.
ings and sixpence a head, is to me two
pounds and twelve shillings. To, eat
ing sixteen more below stairs and two
priests after supper is to me two
pound and fifteen shillings and nine.
pence. To six beds in one room and
four in another at two guineas every
bed, and not more than four in any
bed at the time, cheap enough, God
knows, is to me twenty-five pounds
and fifteen shillings. To eighteen
horses and five mules about my yard
all night, at thirteen pence every one
of them, and for man which was lost
on the head of watching them all
night, is to me five pounds five shill-
ings odd.
For breakfast, or tay, in the morn
ing for every one of them and as many
more as they brought, as near as
can guess, is to me four pounds twelve
shillings.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Long Name, Small Fish

The smallest backboned animal in
the world is fish. It was discovered
in Buhi, a mountain lake in the island
of Luzon, in the Philippines. The tiny
creature has two names out of all pro-
portion to it's size. The one given it
by the natives is sinarapan, and doubt
less has some significance in the Ian
guage of the Bicols, the natives living
in the lake region. The scientific
name is mystichthys Luzonensis, and
means the smallest fish inhabiting Lu-
ZOn.
The largest of the species measures
but half an inch in length, and the
smallest not more than one-fifth of an
inch. 1t would take about 5000 of
them to weigh pound. Fortunately
for the fishmonger of Luzon, the
sinarapan is not sold by the dozen, or
even by the hundred. They are meas
ured by the quart.
Small as the fish is, it forms an ip-
portant food staple, even in a country
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14

ITO raw whiskey and punch, with.
out talking of pipes and tobacco, as
well as for porter, and as well for
breaking pot up stairs and other
glasses and delft for the first day and
night, I ain not sure, but for three
days and half of the election, as lit.
tie as can call it and not be very
exact, it is in all or thereabouts, as
near as I can guess and not be too
particular, is to me seventy-nine
pounds, fifteen shillings and nine.
pence. For shaving and cropping of
the heads of the" forty-nine freeholders
for Sir Marks, at thirteenpence for
every head of them by my brother has
a Vote is to me two pounds, thirteen
shillings and onepence.
For WON'T and nurse for poor
Tom Herman in the middle of the
night, when he was not expected, is to
me ten bags. don't talk of the piper
or for keeping him sober as long as he
was sober, is to me ten pounds and
ten shillings.
"(Signed in the place)
JENNY CARS.
His
~BRYAN x GARRrTY."
mark.
New York Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Seemed Like a Sermon

Now and then b. H. Sothern admits
visitors to his dressing room. He did
so IN Cincinnati, where he entertained
somewhat nervous and excitable
gentleman during his moments of
the STAGE" -.
In the midst of one of their argu-
ments during which the visitor expos
tulated volubly, there entered the
room a dignified and decorous colored
man, who advanced to the center, say
ing In an earnest monotone:
Have you no fear of God?" and
myster1ously departed. as he came.
Mr.. sothern's guest was greatly
dumfounded, but was too well bred to
ask questions. Resuming his argu-
ment he again grew heated in his re-
marks, and again the colored man
quietly and mysteriously entered. and,
clearing his voice, declared:
III you were the devil himself do
you think you could make me like
you?"
10 the guests surprise, the actor
took the interruption as a matter Of
course, SO Sothern's visitor in a dazed
manner continued his argument. onlv
to be interrupted again and again by
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
First Use of Al phabet

The two nations credited with the
invention of the alphabet are the
!Phoenicians and the Persians. But
it is not usually conceded that the
two are entitled to anything like equal
credit. The Persians, probably in the
time of Cyrus the Great, used certain
characters of the Babylonian script
for the construction of an alphabet;
but at this time the Phoenician alpha
bet had undoubtedly been in use for
some centuries, and it is more than
probable that the Persian borrowed
his idea of an alphabet from Phoe-
nician source. And that, of course,
makes all the difference.
Granted the idea of an alphabet, it
requires no great reach of construct
i've genius to supply set of alphabet
ical characters; though even here, it
may be added parenthetically, study
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14

the same colored intruder, this time
with the remark:
II know you now, and God knows I
pity you"
Mr.. Sothern's guest was now too
surprised to talk. He sat in a COL.
lapsed condition until the same man
had entered three separate times, and
in an expressionless voice had said:
Il am as changeless as the sun. +
will carry my soul pure to heaven.
You are the strange woman. IL
"You SHALL be asHbeautiful as / I'm.
and as happy"
This last remark was too much for
the mans nerves. He was barely
able to gasp: i
''Sothern, what the - does this:
mean? Is this joke or an insane.
asylum? Who is this fellow?"
THAT" said the actor, that is SIM
ply my dresser, Lewis. His duty is:
to notify me of the progress of the.
play by lines. In that manner
know when my cue comes.''
*'Oh" said Mr.. Sothern's guest, wip--
ing great beads. of perspiration from
his face, II was beginning to believe I
had EN-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Poison in Daily Foods

BILE facts, determined by analysis and
experience-frst, that the preserva-
tives employed are used in far larger
quantities than the users admit, and,
secondly, that the continued consump-
ton of alimentary substances con.
tanning these antiseptic materials,
even in. very small proportions, be-
comes gravely detrimental to the hui
man organism, amounting in the long
run to slow poisoning. Mans consti-
tuition has not been made for the daily
elimination of minute doses of poison.
In this insidious form of mischief may
lie some of the blame for our phys
ica} degeneracy. Apparently the evil
is of such sort than international
measures may be necessary to check
it, Treatment of food in this manner
should not be called adulteration, but
poisoning pure and simple.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14

of the development of alphabets will
show that mankind has all along had
characteristic propensity to copy
rather than to invent
= Regarding the Persian alphabet
maker, then, as copyist rather than
a true inventor, it remains to turn at
tention to the Phoenician source
whence, as is commonly believed, the
original alphabet which became "the
mother of all existing alphabets"
came into being 1t must be admit
ted at the outset that evidence for the
Phoenician origin of this alphabet is
traditional rather than demonstrative.
The Phoenicians were the great trad.
ers of antiquity; undoubtedly they
were largely responsible for the
transmission Of the alphabet from one
part of the world to another, once it
had been nvented.-Henry Smith Will
liams in Harper's Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14

A matter of practical science to
which legislation must be directed
much more seriously than has yet
been done was brought before the
congress of medicine recently held at
Madrid. DR.. Brouardel, of Paris,
spoke strongly of the dangers arising
from the addition of antiseptics to
wine, beer, cider, milk, syrups, butter,
fish, preserved fruits and other CON-
modities which are in daily use as
food. It is we'll known that salicylic
acid, salicylate of soda, sulphites,
borax, boric acid, formalin and va
riety of other chemicals are employed
to make the substance in question
keep" the pretence being that they
are used in such small quantities as
to be innocuous. To this allegation
DR.. Brouardel. opposed two indisputa-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14

SO rich in these products. The ap-
pearance of the native fish dealer with
his basket of sinarapan is hailed with
delight by the soldiers as we'll as the
Fllipinos. No net is fine enough, no
hook is small enough to catch these
fish. The natives haye solved the
problem by using a finely woven cloth
as a net, and in this way gather in
thousands at one swoop. When pre-
pairing them to eat they are first
drained in a basket. Next they are
mixed with pepper and other spices,
made into cakes, and laid upon leaves
in the sun, where they soon dry. Then
they are ready to be eaten.
The natives count them a great deli.
cacy, and say that they possess
flavor quite their own and very dis
tinctive. They are never cooked, as
this seems to dry up all the goodness
in them, and deprives them of their
flavor, leaving them tasteless and un-
palatable.-London Mail.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14

She was young and mighty pretty,
She was saucylike and witty,
Her voice was gentle as the hum of bees
about the hive;
And though lovers would pursue her
And keep on proposin' to 'er,
She told 'em all she wouldn't wed the
best man alive!
She jest smiled upon 'em sweetly,
But refused 'em all completely,
Till some declared to suicide her victims
she would drive;
Yet she told each one to leave her,
Did this tryin' young deceiver,
Still vowin' she would never wed the
best man alive.
She jest played with them and trifled
With their love till it was stifled,
Not one of them could win 'er, though
they'd earnestly connive:
Till. bimeby, they, ceased their tryin'
And their pleadin' and their sighin'
best man alive.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Was Almost Too Smart

plank on his wagon, and he kept the
plank there during the weighing of
each load. Then, when the -four was
all weighed and he was setting of for
home, he said in great excitement to
the friend who was with him:
Essay nothin', Bill; I shaved that
Teller. never deducted the plank but
once Keep steady. Say nothin'.'
'And Bill indeed had a hard time
to convince the foolish old fellow that
he had bought from the railroad thirty
pounds of plank tWenty-sixs times. :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Fate of the Coquette

Then she sighed, did this fair maiden,
And her heart with grief was laden.
And she cried, "Without a lover it is
useless to survivor!
All her life was full Of sadness,
And she said "good-by' to gladness,
Did the girl who said she wouldn't wed
the best man alive.
After years a lover sought her,
Jest a common stick, and caught her,
A lazy Jack, who proved to be drone
about the hive;
Yet when he proposed they marry
Why, her heart was happy, very,
And he won the girl who wouldn't wed
the best man alive.
Then folks ventured to remind her
Of the vow she'd left behind her,
And asked her how at such an end she'd
managed to arrive;
She replied: my vows unbroken;
have kept the words I've spoken;
You can see the one I wed is not the
best man a1ive!'
-"Hank SPHINX" in Boston Globe.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Brokers of Wall Street

Wall street brokers hold themselves
a million times higher in caste than
bookmakers. And they are right.
They are the creme de la creme OF
finance. Bookies are the scum. Yet
there are many bookmakers in the
street, and not a few Of them are
hackers of brokers. Some are big
operators supporting brokers by their
commissions. There are LOO mem
bers of the Stock Exchange, and these
represent brokerage and commission
firms whose partnerships aggregate
no less than 1;452 xablebodied men, 1t
is safe to venture the assertion that
each member of the exchange and his
partners would turn up the nose at
pm income of less tnan 10000 a year.
Hence: ..s # s.. A.. S.s<s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14

At $4,000 each year these brokers
clean up net about $2e, 100000. There
are some 500 Stock Exchange firms
which pay 100000 annually for the
rent of their Offices. These firms en-
ploy 1000 clerks and assistants, book
keepers, runners, ETC., at an average
wage of $1,000, which makes $40 $780,
900. Thus we have in three items
alone $42,500,000 that must come out
of the pockets of customers to keep
the great machine well oiled. That Is
to say, the public pays the sum Of
$42,500,000 annually for the privilege
of supporting in splendid style s452
people in order that they may have
their hands at telling which way the
stock Will go.-New York Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14
Cost Of Making Butter.

The Iowa State Dairy Commissioner
investigated the cost of making but
ter in creameries and found it to vary
from IL cents to cents per pound.
The butter that cost only IL cents to
make was in cooperative creamery
that made annually about half a mill
ion pounds of butter from whole milk.
The average cost for making butter,
taking the state as whole, was ~
cents per pound. Separating the
creameries into groups, the cost was
found to be:
In creameries making:
Not more than $4,000 lbs. .3.14c
Between $4,000 and 100000 lbs. .2.36c
Between 100000 and 100000 lbs. .1.99c
Between 100000 and 100000 lbs. .1.7Sc
Between 100000 and 100000 lbs. .1.71c
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-05-14

Edward Atkinson, of Boston, the
noted economist, was talking about
tricksters.
"They who descend to trickery," he
said, "have small minds always. That
is why they don't succeed. They dupe
others now and then, but they dupe
themselves just as often. H.
"That man was, perhaps, typical
trickster who once bought, here in
.Brookline. twenty-seven loads Of -four
from the railroad. He had q heavy