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The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
AT MASON CITY. IA.

Mason City. Ia, Dec. "a severe bliz-
Zard has been raging here since midnight.
The thermometer stands at zero. but 1t is
getting colder light along. No suffering
is reported. Trains on all roads arc
either biockaded or badly delayed. Stock
unsheltered will suffer.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

North Ti.iri street. T'he thieves took
typewriter and IN oyercoat as well as the
cfe"s..
Tho scent should not be hard 10 fol
low, said Chief Kiely. a. h, turned the
report Of the burglary made by the Fourth
District over to chief Desmond
III put a couple Of German detectives
an it remarked Desmond.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
NEBRASKA FEELS FULL
FORCE OF THE BLIZZARD

Omaha. Dec. 2.-Bitter cold and forty
mile wind. driving before it binding
snow. greeted Eastern Nebraska and
Western Iowa to-day. This condition fol-
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

Louisiana Cafe. Seventh and ST.
Charles. Read and pront thereby. From
soup 10 dessert Tor 25c at the louisiana.
Seventh and st. Charles.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
C0LDEST WEATHER OKLAHOMA
HAS KNOWN FOR LONG TIME.

L3wton. Ok, Dec g.-The cojdest
weather known in this section Of the conn
try for a long time has prevai!ei here last
night and to-day. the thermometer raliini:
10 IL degrees above zero. Stock has sur-
fered and plants have been killed.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
pEpi.RIIr SPECIAL.

NEF' I BID SFE-CI-iI1-
WelIsyiile. No. Dec. "a period OF IN
usually warm weather was followed by
severe blizzard and cold wave to-day. The
drought is causing much inconvenience in
this section. stock wIter being scarce
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
HEADACHES FROM COLDS.
WELISVILLE.

LAXATIVE BROAIo oUINIEt- removes tbs
cause To get the genuine call for he :ull raine
and look foE tae signature OF Z W Grove &C.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

The Buckingham. Kings highway and
Forest Park, will serve Sunday table
dhote dinner from $50 till 8; 81 per plate,
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

Don't Experiment With a Cold.
Take Parker's Cascara Quinine Tablets
They cure colds and malaria. No bromides
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

days. the blizzard is causing intense SUI
fering to stock
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
PRAYS FOR AN INJUNCTION.

st. Louis Company Sues Pittsburg
House for Using Trade Mark.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Pittsourg. Pa. Dec. E.-Suit was to-day
entered in the United States District Court
BY the Ncrvell-shapleigh Hardware Com
pany of ST Louis against the Standard
AZ and Tool Comuany Of Ridgeway. Pa
The St Louis concern alleges II has been
damaged to the extent of 5000 by the
standard company's use Of the mark
junction.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
MOST EXTENSIVE BLIZZARD
IN FIFTEEN YEARS
SWEEPS SCORE OF STATES.

From Page One.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

The entire stock has been Reduced
because We insist upon selling ever
garment during tne season 1t was rna5s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

THAT tank blew up one day When
Jackson had put double charge into
it to save himself the trouble of charg-
ing it so often, and blew Mr.. Riheton
across his room and through the door
out into the hall and broke his left
arm and damaged him otherwise, and
laid him up for quite long time;
and when he got out again he was
quite another man.
whether in that long enforced idle
ness he had stored up enough energy
TO give him a start, or what, don't
know; but certain it is that after his
arm healed and he got out again he
was another man, as go-ahead and en-
ergetic as he had been lazy before;
and so he has ever since continued,
for he's still living; and to see him
now you wouldn't think he had ever
had lazy bone in his body
Now that was queer case, wasn't
it? 1t surely was. l have heard of
good many simple things and Of q
good many odd things, serving finally
to spur some apparently hopelessly
lazy man on to endeavor, but Jackson
Rif1eton's is the only case I ever
heard of in which a man was thus
transformed my the explosion of
compressed air tank built to help
lazy man play the cornet''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
What Cured Law Man

1.-THE LATEST man l ever know?
WE'LL" said Mr.. Stoggleby, 81 am in
clined to think that that was a man
knew once named Riffleton-Jackson
Rift1eton-who was considerable of a
player on the cornet, but who didn't
very often play one because he was
too dunn lazy to blow it.
'But finally he hit on a plan that
let him play all he wanted to without
taking the trouble to blow; all he
had to do was to manipulate the keys.
He had a tank built that he used
to pump full of compressed air, and
which had pipe leading from it up
back of his head and around in front
OF it with an opening that fitted into
the mouthpiece of his cornet, which
he was thus enabled to hold in the
usual position for playing and to play
upon without blowing himself.
He had a valve in the tank which
he used to operate with his foot, and
so supply the needed air. And when
he'd filled UP his tank he'd sit there
and play, till his air gave out, with
the greatest enjoyment, except when
he was too lazy to press the valve
with his foot
Eyes, think that Jackson Riffleton
was the LATEST man I ever knew. But
he didn't always remain so.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
Hands on the Wall

moved to make room for hands.
Two or three packs of cards are
used each evening, and now instead
of being thrown away the big hands
are outlined in court cards, while the
gaps in between are filled in with
spots. The entire wall is filled in,
and notable hands, carefully labeled,
are now posted on the ceiling. Not
a square inch of the wall plastering
is now visible, and it makes a singu-
larly appropriate decoration.
The cards are so placed as to shed
the dust as much as possible but
they cannot be fastened down firmly.
and the problem of cleaning the place
was the despair of the caretaker until
the owner of the fiat rugged up large
bicycle air pump, with line of fex-
ible rubber tubing such as is used to
extend the shutter radius on cameras.
Now the air is forced under the cards
and by creating draught through the,
window, the dust is taken up.-New
York Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

One of the oldest card rooms in the
city is in bachelor flat up town. It
is the resort of half a dozen poker
players, who gather about the green
covered table almost every evening
and play five-cent ante game.
Originally the walls were decorated
with a few cheap sporting prints of
the old English style and set Of
poker pictures. One night a royal
flush came out and the five cards
were tackled upon the wall to CON-
memorate the event. A few weeks
later a seven-dollar pot went to man
with a pair of deuces and the nerve
to bluff, and for contrast and as a
warning the pair of two spots was
placed alongside the royal hand. From
time to time other hands were SINH
larly posted until they began to en-
croach upon the prints. One night
when three players each held four of
a kind, print was taken down to
make room for the hands, and the
next evening all the prints were re-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

and objects. The English language
Goes not apparently acquire many
words from savagery. 1t would be
pretty hard to name any words in
the English language that we're &C
CURED from the Indians of North
America save the names of places.
No one knows how many dialects
and different languages are spoken in
the Philippine islands. General An
drew Burt, who spent several years in
the Philippines apl served in impor-
tant positions, said that oftentimes he
occupied one point with troops where
one language was spoken, while three
miles away totally different Ian
guage was spoken, differing apparent
ly more than the languages of differ
ent Indian tribes in this country. The
acquisition of any of these tribal Ian
guages outside of the Tagalog was
almost impossible and useless. 1t is
apparent that whatever else the Phil
ippines contribute they will not en-
rich or enlarge the American Ian
guage.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
Use Few Island Words

A letter making inquiry of Colonel
Edwards, chief Of the bureau of in
sular affairs, war department, as to
words grated into the English Ian
guage on account of the American
occupation of the Philippines was
turned over to Captain Taylor, who is
an excellent Spanish scholar and is
getting up the history Of the Philip
pines from the public documents cap
tured from the Filipinos. He made a
reply which indicated that not so
many words come over from the Phil
ippines, although thousands of United
States soldiers have spent years in
the islands. Probably the Tagalog
language and the language of the
different tribes do not impress the
Americans who go to the Philippines.
Spanish is the chief language of
the Philippines, and by the acquisi-
ton of Florida, New Mexico, Texas
and California the United States &C
quired about all of the Spanish terms
needed in the English language to
convey the meaning of various places
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
Witness Was Reluctant.

Counsel: II insist on an answer to
my question. You have not told me
all the conversation. l want to know
all that passed between you and Mr..
Bones on the occasion to which you
refer"
Reluctant Witness: "I'ye told you
everything of any consequence"
"You have told me that you said to
him, Bones, this case will get into the
court some day Now want to know
what he said in reply"
well, he said: Brown, there isn't
anything in this business that I'm
ashamed Of and if any shopping, little,
yee-hawing, four-by-six, gimlet-eyed
lawyer, with half a pound of brains
and sixteen ounces of Jaw. ever wants
to know what I've been talking about,
lust tell him."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
Cry of Old House

Come back!
Ny little lads, come back!
My little maids, with starched frocks;
My lads, my maids, come back!
The poplar trees are black
Against the keen. lone, throbbing sky;
The tang of the old box
Fills the clear dusk from wall to wall,
And the dews fall.
Come back!
I watch, I cry;
Leave the rude wharf, the mart;
come back!
Else l shall break my heart.
Am forgot;
My days as they were not?-
The warm, sweet, grooming tunes;
The Sunday afternoons,
Wrought but for you;
The larkspurs growing tall,
You wreathed in pink and blue,
Within your prayer-books small;
The cupboards carved both in and out
With curious, prickly' vine,
And smelling far and fine; 49,.
The pictures in row, "
OF folk you did not know; ....' =. g.:
The toys, the games, the shrill. gay rout;
The lanterns, that at hour for bed, y, =
q charmed. but homely red,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

Went Pickering from shed to shed;
The fagots crumbling, spicy, good
Brought in from the great wood;
The dark that held you all about!
The wind that would not go?-
Come back, my women and nv men,
And take them all again!
Come back!
Come up the still, accustomed, wistful,
lands,
The poplar haunted lands.
You need not call,
For I shall know,
And light the candles TALL
Set wine and loaf arrow.
Come ba ok!
Unlatch the door,
And fall upon my heart once more
For I shall comfort you oh lad;
Oh, daughter, I shall make you wholly
The wreck. the wrong,
The unavailing throng,
The sting, the smart
Shall be as they were not,
Forgot, forgot! .-%r ....-
Come back, j. =,
-Lizette Woodwork Reese. n the At
y lanttc. y: S3s3z%' L. r n $5l' - y
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
Proved Diagnosis Wronu.

Proved Diagnosis Wrong.
The establishment of the New Eng
land eclectic medical association, and
it's success is due to DR.. Herschell N.
Waite, who comes from Vermont, and
relates many good stories of his prac-
tice there.
On one occasion he had a patient
who, although comparatively young
man, seemed to be in a decline, and
after a long consultation, the doctor
said:
medicine may modify your symp-
toms, my friend, yet nothing but a
change in your habits will bring per-
manent relief. You don't take enough
exercise"
Don't take enough exercise!" ex-
claimed the patient. "Why, good hea-
ven. I've been chairman of the COM
mittee on collection of our pastors
salary for eleven years."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

the splendid weapon was given to the
museum by the daughter of Gen.
Price, Mrs. Peter J. Willis of Mis-
souri,. The golden scabbard is indeed
work of art. 1t is fashioned to rep
resent the products of the states of
Louisiana and Missouri The lower
portion shows the joints of the corn
stalk of Missouri, and the sugar cane
OF Louisiana. The guard depicts the
hempstalk and tobacco leaf of Mis-
souri, and the cotton bloom and boil of
Louisiana. The head of the hilt is the
coat-of-arms Of Louisiana-a pelican
feeding her young, and the thrust
reception presents the coat-of-arms of
Missouri. The grip is of ivory-an
ear of corn-the product of both
states.
Turning from this gorgeous sight,
the eye Of the visitor falls upon a
queer object 1t is a small piece of
woven bedticking and the card attach
ed shows that it's history has been a
thrilling one. 1t is a portion OF the
rope that was used by Gen. John Nor
gan when he and five of his men es-
capped from an Ohio prison.
On the wall near the morsel of rope,
stoutly framed and covered with a
thick glass, are the rusty, Wondering
fragments of caseknife, employed
oy Morgan and his men in effecting
their escape. Besides the old knife
is letter from Warden J. G. Laney
of the Ohio prison, who recovered and
sent the knife south. It was found
by him in the air chamber beneath
cell No. 4, in which the men were con-
fined.
Carefully preserved in the museum
is the sword of Irvine S. Bullock, sail
ing master of the warship Alabama,
who was a half uncle of President
Theodore Roosevelt.
Dragged from the bottom of the
Yazoo river and brought to the Con-
federate museum, the heavy iron fig
ure head of the ship Star of the West
is a trophy of value. 1t adorned the
prov of the first United States boat
which was fired on and sunk in the
affair at Fort Sumter.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

The purpose of the Forethought
Note Book library is to collect useful
ideas and send them around the world
IN various ways and directions.
From Idaho comes the following let
ter: In a paper printed on one side
only at this place find your request
for helpful information on different
SUBJECTS. l will endeavor to answer
lew or your queries from my ex-
perlence. That part of early life
which has proven most useful was
from the age of sixteen to twenty
three years. A useful hint on chill
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

and pistols which he wore when acct.
dentally shot down by his own men at
Charlottesville. Also a little volume
entitled WAR Maxims of Napoleon"
which he carried all through the war.
The battle flag that draped his coffin
reposes side by side with a glittering
pair of solid gold spurs bestowed on
him by the ladies of Baltimore at the
close of a successful campaign.
But of greater human interest than
all else is a faded, tattered confeder-
ate uniform, on it's front a series of
dark stains-the life blood Of Jackson.
1t was worn by Rev. DR.. James Power
Smith, then a member of Jackson's
staff, now editor of the Central Pres
byterian and commander of Lee camp
confederate veterans of Richmond.
While Jackson was being borne on a
litter from the place where he was
wounded one of the bearers was shot
and stumbled, throwing the wounded
man to the ground. DR.. Smith caught
the sufferer in his arms and broke his
fall partially, his uniform becoming
stained with his blood. DR.. Smith then
laid on the ground beside his chief to
screen him with his body from the
shower of balls falling thickly around
the little party.
An idol of the confederacy was Gen.
J. E. B. Stuart, the dashing cavalry
leader, who lost his life at Yellow Tav-
ern, near Richmond, while endeavor-
ing to prevent the federal troops from
entering the capital city. AS famous
as Stuart was the plumed hat that he
wore, and this now reposes in the con-
federate museum, it's picturesque
feather dropping sadly, as though in
detection at the fate of its brave wear
er and the cause for which he fought.
Beside the faded white hat are
Stuart's old haversack, the tin basin
in which he daily performed his ablu-
tons, his gloves, boots, pistols, saddle
and bride.
All of these reminders of long ago
are on the first floor of the museum,
where they attract instant attention,
but no less conspicuous are many 9th
er articles, among them a battle flag
carried by the Thirteenth Virginia in
fantry, made from the bridal dress of
Mrs. A. P. Hill, and one from the we'd
ding robes of Mrs. Catherine Holt, pre-
sented to the Fifteenth Virginia infan-
try after the battle of Bethel.
Scattered through every room are
relics of prison life in the shape of
most ingenious little articles fashion
ed by prisoners of war to relieve the
monotony of their lives. They came
from persons north and south, some
having been made in Fort Warren, Bos-
ton. The most striking is a breast
pin and earrings carved by a federal
officer from a beef bone. Sets of
chessmen and trinkets of various
kinds make up the balance Of the COL
lection.
One Of the most cherished and
undoubtedly the handsomest and
most valuable possessions of the man.
sion is the sword of Gen. Sterling
Price Of Missouri, encased in it's scab.
bard Of solid gold. It was presented
to him in 1862 after the battle of Lex
ington,. Mo-, by thousand ladies of
New Orleans, each of whom contribut-
ed 2 dollar in gold. Some years ago
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
Lauds Manual TRAINING,

Sir John Cockburn, addressing the
British National Association of Man.
ual Training Teachers, said that man
ual training was the best avenue to in
telligence and the best moral train
ing. Half the school hours should
be taken up in manual instruction. It
helped the memory, which was largely
muscular; it formed character, help
ing, children to detect shams ana in
accuracies and its moral benefits were
incalculable ; S ..ss 81. -5z /t, NJ
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
AnKz 1870
| RB| IS B s 3 3 8 & |
BY Earl M. Pratt. Oak Park, Illinois.

)ak Park, Illinois.
dren's clothing is to always have it
comfortable. On how to keep children
quiet in church, would leave them
out of church if they attend Sunday
school. About the diet of peculiar
child, let the child choose what it
likes best if it agrees with it. To
teach little girl to love her younger
brother, let her believe she is loved
as much as he.''
If a stranger should ask you to
hold a baby a moment and then not
return for it, what you'd you do?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

On the summit of hill in the center
Of the historic capital of the confed-
eracy, whence the eye can trace for
miles the winding river James, stands
the white House of the Confedera-
Cyl the home for four years, marred
by battles and bloodshed, of Jefferson
Davis, president of the confederate
states.
Though the bitterness of those days
has passed away, ard men have we'll
nigh forgot that this country was ever
else than one, this historic mansion.
rejuvenated and rendered we'll nigh
1mpervious to the ravages of time,
stands like a watch tower on a hill,
containing within It's walls countless
souvenirs of the mighty struggle, in
tended not to inf1ame the minds of the
rising generation and of generations
yet unborn, but to keep alive memories
OF the most valiant armies that ever
faced each other on battle plain, and
to stand as lasting monument to the
sacrifices made and hardships borne
for the sake of home and country.
From turret to foundation stone'
the mansion is filed with civil war re-
minders. Room after room is crowded
with objects of the most intense inter-
est to all, no matter whether they
wore the blue or the gray. This is
amply attested by the constant and
ever increasing stream of visitors
from beyond Mason's and Dixon's line
who spend hours wandering through
the halls and lofty rooms, viewing
with deepest interest the tattered uni
forms worn by heroes of forty years
ago, the pistols, swords, torn battle
flags and numberless cabinets contain
ing the f1otsam and jetsam of many
battle fields, interspersed with souye.
Mrs of gloomy prison walls in the
shape of fanciful designs wrought by
hapless victims of the changing for
tunes of war.
Within handsome glass case in the
most frequented portion of the mu-
scum are reminders of one who was
the central figure of the confederacy
by virtue Of having been it's head
Jefferson Davis. The collection is
composed of his Bible, merschaum
pipe and various other articles used
constantly by him, but of greatest in
terest is the suit of clothes which he
wore when captured. The garments
are Of confederate gray without insig-
MIA of any kind.
Scarcely second in interest to the
mementoes of Mr.. Davis are those of
Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander in
chief of the confederate army. These
embrace the gray uniform, old SLOUGH
hat, boots and gauntlets which he
wore when he surrendered to Gen.
Grant; also a brick from the Mclean
house at Appomattox courthouse in
which the terms Of surrender were
agreed upon. There are also his sword,
pistols, maps used by him during the
war, and lock of hair from the name
Of Traveller, the gallant gray horse
that carried him through so many
campaigns.
Hard by is the cabinet containing
one Of the most interesting collections
in the museum-the war ACQUIRE
ments and personal property of Gen.
I. J. tStonewalD Jackson. These en-
brace the famous old cap, spurs, sword
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

Speaking of tin soldiers, what do
you think of those New York troops
who won't go to Manassas next Sep
TENDER because many of them are
unused to manual 1abor?'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

Iceland has had just two thefts in
1000 years. Cut it up into wards, give
it boards Of aldermen, establish good
government leagues, then will Iceland
shake off it's glacial ways for modern
works.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

The Russians captured newspaper
correspondent, blindfolded him and
took him into Port Arthur, where they
thrust him into pitch-dark dungeon.
But that excuse won't go with the
managing editor.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

The scientists engaged in seeking
means to destroy the mosquito cannot
pretend that religious prejudice fur
nishes any of the obstacles in the way
o. their success.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

Mrs. Russell Sage is said to be very
charitable. In charitable work she is
Russell's right hand, and the probable
ity is that the left hand doesn't know
what the right hand is doing.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

Many man who complains that it
is too hot to work these summer after
Moons finds it just right to sit on
the bleachers under the broiling sun
and watch game of ball.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

According to Thomas Jefferson ct
ais, all men are created equal, but
everybody who ever attended the
meeting of woman's club knows that
all wo1nen AREN'T
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

The tests Of the agricultural depart
ment indicate that boric acid, taken as
a steady diet, is not a wholesome arti-
Gle Of food. The department should
feel encouraged now to make a SINH
lar test with carbolic acid.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20

japanese war critics are calling
upon Vice Admiral Kamimura to re-
sign or commit suicide. Kamimura is
probably not keeping very happy if
he reads the Hints for Hot Weather"
IL the Jap journals.