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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
The Too Cornwall Oyster.

Have you ever heard of the eccen.
trio and waggish peculiarities of the
oyster?" said A. S. Dreifus of Pensa.
cola, Fla. II guess not; you're too far
north. I have known oysters when
they got into the mood 10 clasp about
rats tail at night, and they hold as
tight as any rat trap ever invented.
II am told that upon a certain oc.
casion, when flash Of whisky was
broken, a large Blue Pointer was
found lying in little pool of liquor,
just drunk enough to be careless OF
consequences, opening and shutting
it's shell with devil-may-care air as
if he didn't value anybody little bit,
but was going to be as noisy as he
possibly could.
"a, drunken man is sad enough
object to behold, but an oyster drunk
constitutes the sublime of inebria.
tion.' louisville Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25


Then while the fire burned low Miss
*Littleton told Of her own trouble that
the girl ight profit by her own bitter
Then when the ear-mark.
ed face was upturned to hers with the
earnest promise Of amendment, & she
kissed the wistful mouth and let her
CO. ]s5 Il *.@ . MN I'LL EE:ZS- . Il
: = !. It. was "a sleeplesss night for; Miss
Littleton% as we'll as for Eleanor, and
the morning found the elder woman
<tired-eyed and unrefreshed. Her niece's
grief was so like her own that it tore
open scars Miss Littletons had sup,
posed. were long healed over. -
F. After the morning meal the girl
started for the postofice, and little
Miss Littleton proceeded to the kitch-
en- to give the new servant some in.
struction in cooking.
When the door bell rang Miss Little.
ton gave a cry as she surveyed her
flour-covered arms and sent the maid
to answer the bell while she removed
the traces of her occupation.
The maid was back long before the
task was completed, and her brief an,
nouncement that it was Mr.. Carter set
Miss Littleton's heart in a f1utter of
gladness. She was glad the boy had
come to her. Nervous and flustered
she FASTENED to the parlor.
The fpom with it's heavy curtains
and dark-toned furnishings seemed
like a cave after the sunny kitchen,
and she could barely make out Car.
ter's figure as he rose at her entrance
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25

Il am very glad you came to me,
Henry" she began tremously. Eleanor
told me all last night, and she is very
sorry. But you must remember, my
dear boy, that young girls like to as
sert their power, and that young men
are ever impatient"
She peered anxiously at the young
man, but he was sitting with his face
in the shadow, and she could tell
nothing from his attitude.
Eleanor is sorry" she went on an1-
iously. 81 have shown her my own
folly and she will profit by my e.
perience."
"Were you sorry?" Miss Littletm
started. She had never realized how
like his fathers was his voice.
Eyes," she said quietly. II shall be
sorry until the day of my DEATH"
"And would you forgive him and
take him back?"
Miss Littleton thrilled at, the tense
ness of the voice. She laughed feebly.
/ II don't think your father wants me,
Henry" she said. Il am old now and
not as good-looking as I was twenty
years ago, but"
Then Carter did "a very strange
thing. He caught her in his arms
and covered the still attractive face
with kisses. Ten minutes later, when
the period of sensible speech had
been arrived at, Miss Littleton be-
thought herself Of the younger gener-
alton.
'They are all right" declared Col.
Carter cheerfully. when I arrived
last night and found that history had
been repeating itself gave the boy
some good advice about happy endings
to romances. They made it up in the
postofice this morning, and l came on
here to add the last chapter to my
own romance"
mot the last, Henry" she protested.
Let us say the first."-E. W. Sar.
gent in Boston Globe.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
COULDN'T SEE THE ioLo DRY 4

Horseman Refused TO Race Trotte,
!. Against Durham Bull. /. ..z=$
President Roosevelt. told the follow
Ing story to a party of friends who
we're at luncheon with hima few days
ago: : ~ =. 90 :. . 49,
Lincoln used to tell this story"
the president said. 1T is about
man who had fine trotting stallion
and applies to the present political
situation. The stallion could go
around the track in 2:40 and had
beaten everything in sight. ,&r>
Its owner brought the stallion up
in front of the grand stand and was
surrounded by admiring friends. In
few minutes a farmer came along,
who said:, You think that's a purity
fine affair, don't YEP
. "'Yes,' said the man who owned
the stallion; I do
oval, I'll bet We 500 I've got a
Durham bull that can out trot your
boss in mile
"The upshot of it was that the
match was made, after much banter
ing from the friends of the man who
owned the stallion, and $40 forfeit
was put up.
when the time came for the race
the man who owned the stallion re-
fused to race. 'Why?' asked some
friends.
WELL said the man. there will
be no glory in beating a Durham bull,
and think of my position if the Dur.
ham bull beats me!''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
MAIDS WI q USE N oNocEEs.s
sC 'l1 az erlain Said g be Responsible
VII Y III for q New London Fac. y, %3.:5z}s $t

Chamberlain Said 70 be Respo nsible
Y ]. for = New London Fac. 5a. .@ 6 s. 4
Yet another complication has been
added to- the trials OF the nervous
society man. Inspection from dow.
ager duchess through pair Of. lorg-
nettes, has been hitherto the most de-
pressing ordeal an s'*at home'' could
provide, but now there is the maid
with the monocle. r
A Bond street~tradesman told rep.
resentative> yesterday that hundreds
OF young society girls are buying
these fascinating articles of attire.
In some cases they are being worn
by those with some weakness of the
eyes who would formerly have sought
help from pince-nez; but for the most
part the fair purchasers have no such
excuse, They regard the monocles as
an added charm.
A number of ingenious devices have
been added to the monocle in order to
enable its new admirers to wear it
easily. A wide gold mount is one of
the best of these, as it prevents the
long lashes of girls leyes from push
ing the glass and thus causing it to
fall.
The sympathy of the ladies of this
country for Garibaldi inclined them to
wear the blouse. The overcoming
interest in Napoleon has been the
cause of innumerable changes in dress
and is held by experts in sartorial
matters to be the influence that has
recently sent every girl into a three
cOrnered hat.
Now comes the late colonial secre-
tary's monocle. Perhaps Admiral To-
go may be the subject. of a delicate
tribute of this kind shortly.-London
Mirror
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
MAJOR GOT HIS TROUT.
Enthusiastic Fisherman Not Scared
by the Apaches.

ny the Apaches.
Col. Edward Hunter, u. S. A., re-
tired, says that when he was a young
captain in the army, fighting Indians
IN Arizona, the major of the regiment
was an enthusiastic trout fisherman
On one occasion when the regiment
encamped near a trout stream the
major, as soon as his duties would
permit, took his rod and began to fish.
Presently an arrow whizzed by his
head and then rifle bullet sung
close to his ear. The Apaches were
lowering near, and, seeing the major
alone and unarmed, were trying to-
pick him off. Some men, under the
circumstances, would have quit fish
ing. Not SO the major. He called out
detail of armed men and had them
stationed along either bank of the
stream, the men moving down stream
as the major flshed along, the soldiers
keeping pace with the major and
beating back the redskins every time
they advanced to the attack. Thus
protected, the major fished peaceful
ly and comfortably and succeeded in
securing fine string of rainbow
trout.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
5LlFE's 1 I yE'RN.

r, ~, ?aE
In this old Tavern there are rooms SO
That would linger here ~ &#.$ tn r
] love these corners and, familiar hooks
Where I have sat with people and with
The very imperfections and the scars $%
About the+Walls and ceiling and the floor,
The sagging OF the windows and the
The dinsiness that mars +. !,
The hearth and chimney. and the wood
y laid bare .4@+Ss' = = :
There on the old black chair.
The s,s dear diiapidation Of the place ~, =.
And am loath to go. ..u 81 H"> ~, .,
Here from the window is a glimpse Of
Enough for me:
And ever every evening, through the window
Peer in the friendly stars. " j.. =:
And yet I know ,..-:. .'t: ..,:
That some day must 60. and close the
door. -
And See the House no more. g..
Mary Burt Messer. in the Atlantic. ::
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Plainsman's Soma.
Oh, give me a clutch in my hand of as

Oh, give me a clutch in my hand of as:
much
OF the name of horse as a bold
And let his desire to be gone be afire.
And let him be snorting and bold!
And then with a swing, on his back let
me fling
My leg that Is naked as steel,
And let us away, to the end of the day,
10 quiet the tempest feel!
And keen as the wind, with the cities be-
hind
And prairie before like a sea,
With pillows CT grass that lash as we
Make way for my stallion and me!
And up with his nose, till his nostril
aglows,
And out with his tail and his name,
And up with my breast till the breath of
the West
Is shifting mcknight of the plain!
All, give me CLEAN of your eyes, love, a.
dream
With the kiss of the sun and the dew,
And mountain nor swale, nor scorch nor.
the hail
Shall halt me from squirting to you!
For wild as a hood-melted snow for its
blood
By crag, gorge, or torrent, or shoal,
I'll ride on my steed and lay, tho it
bleed
My heart a. your feet-and my soul!
Philip Verrill Mighel.
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Ti'isr!!'e!!et'Hs ~ 7
y xL cIneEAr
E.NSRGEN

Little Miss Littleton eyed with ap-
proval the two youthful figures hurry
ing up the village street. Eleanor,
her niece, reminded her so strongly of
that other Eleanor. She could almost
imagine that she was again in the old
southern homestead, and that this girl
was the sister whom she had loved so
well.
The lad by her side also awoke ten
der memories, for he was very like
Col. Carter, when that doughty war
rior had come counting pretty Mary
Littleton full twenty years ago.
1t was the colonel who had given
her the nickname which had stuck to
her because of it's appropriateness.
He had meant to give, her yet an
other name, his own, but Mary Little
ton was a true southerner, and she
could not forbear teasing a northerner
even though she loved him-and in
a fit of pettishness he had flung him
self out of the great wide hall one
afternoon and had written from the
hotel hurried note explaining that a
telegram was summoning him to his
mothers death bed.
He intended to come back, but there
had been an involved estate to settle,
and almost before he knew it a year
had slipped by and he had found at
traction in a girl in his own native
town.
When he went back the Littletons
had gone north, he was told. Miss
Eleanor had married a northern man,
and had taken her sister with her.
1t has been quite by accident that
the younger Eleanor had met the son
of her aunt's old lover at the seaside
the summer before. His mother was
dead, his father travelling abroad, and
he had accepted an invitation to spend
a holiday with the Merrimans, who
lived not half mile from the little
cottage Miss Littleton made truly a
home for Eleanor.
They had been skating, and as the
pair came up the tiny walk, their
cheeks rosy and their eyes bright
from the exercise, little Miss Little
ton sighed and murmured a PRAYER
that this romance might not be like
that other one which lay shrouded in
her memory.
Eleanor came into the sitting room
to brush a kiss across her aunt's
cheek and pass loving hand over the
hair still brown and heavy. She made
a hurried toilet before the sitting room
glass and hurried back to the parlor.
where the sound of their voices floated
back, making music far sweeter to
Miss Littleton's ears than the half
audible notes of the piano, whose keys
Eleanor was lovingly touching.
The dusk grew deep in the sitting
room, the wood fire, Miss Litt1eton's
one extravaganza, Pickering in the alb
surd little open CRATE so threw fan
tastic figures upon the wall patches of
light and shade that peopled the room
as with a merry crowd of dream peo-
ple-companions, perhaps, to those her
thoughts called back from the misty
memories of years gone by.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
She drew from the sobbine figure the
story of the quarrel.

A change in the hum of converse
ton in the parlor brought Little Miss
Littleton back to the present. The
boys voice rose in injured protest:
Eleanor's was cold with taunt. There
was a moment of pregnant silence, the
shutting of door and Miss Littleton
was already at the doorway to receive
upon her shoulder the fearful face of
the child in whom her hopes were
wrapped. m, :.
Slowly, patiently, she drew from
the sobbing figure the story Of the
quarrel. It was all very childish: the
tale Of a girlish assumption of do
minion, boys assertion of mans
superiority Of independence. Miss
Littleton's heart bled afresh as. she
realized how, very like her own was
this tale Of q sweetheart's quarrel, un-
important except for the possibilities
sSor evil it might possess. q 81 al s3 5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
Governors Gallantry,


On the occasion of the recent eau
Gus Miss Josephine Denecke, private
secretary to Eugene N. Foss, was pre-
sented to Gov. Bates at the state
house.
Miss Denecke must plead guilty to
prepossessions above the ordinary,
and is very charming young lady in
every respect.
Are you, also, for reciprocity" in
quired the governor.
Eyes, sir, am for Foss through
thick and thin," answered Miss Den
ecke.
II would, madam" rejoined the gov
errnor, with a courtly bow, that the
state of our law we're such as woulc
permit of your recording your vote
tonight in favor of one for whom
you evidently have SO high regard"
With that the pretty little episode
closed.-Boston Globe.
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MAXIM G 6 90 \ D. b ADS DIS
GREAT PR GREss UNDER THE
H., sTATE-AlD. Plan. +
thousands Of Miles. Of Fine Thorough.
j fares In Existence in the Northeast.
New York Proposes to Spend $780,
100000. v . ...&:5 ~

In the Northeastern. states from
Maine to Pennsylvania more progress
has recently. been made in building
good roads than in any other section
OF the United States This is mainly
due to the adoption of the state-aid
plan.
New Jersey was the first state to,
adopt this plan. The law enacted
there IN 1891 provided that the state
pay one-third of the cost of improv-
ing the roads, and the counties two
thirds, part of which may be charged
up to the towns in which the roads
are built. The farmers were at first
opposed to this law, but now they
are enthusiastic in it's support. More
than a million and a half dollars have
been appropriated by the state under
this law. Nearly 1000 miles of road
have been macadamized. The state
aided roads must conform to the plans
laid down by the state commissioner
of highways.
In Massachusetts the state pays the
entire cost of building the roads. but
requires the counties to pay back one
fourth of the cost. Nearly half a mil
lion is appropriated annually for this
purpose. Nearly five million dollars
have already been invested in roads
by the state. AS result Massachu-
sets has hundreds of miles of as fine
roads as any in the world.
Connecticut has also operated under
this plan since 1895. The state puts
up two-thirds of the money for road
building. The plan is considered
great success. More than a million
and half has been appropriated and
spent, and about 500 miles of fine
roads have been built.
In New York State the state pays
one-half the cost of building the
roads, the counties IS per cent, and
the township Is per cent, and the
plan is working admirably Last year
100000 was appropriated by the leg
lslature, and over two millions have
been voted since the law was enacted.
1t SNOW proposed to raise by an is
sue of bonds fifty millions to be spent
Nu1 4uS Iuc uSAI Ten years.
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island and Delaware all have
state aid laws which are working sat
isfactorily, though expenditures and
operations are on smaller scale than
in the other states named.
The Fundamental principal on
which the state aid plan rests is that
the public highways are for the use
and benefit of the whole people, and
that all should, therefore, share in the
cost of their improvement.
From state aid to national aid is
but a single step. Both embody the
same principle. 1t is an interesting
fact that the people of these states
are enthusiastically in favor of taking
Uncle Sam" into the general scheme
of cooperation. The state highway
commissioners of New Jersey, Con-
necticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
and Vermont are outspoken advocates
of national aid; and the New York
legislature has memorialized Con-
gress to enact the Brownlow bill.
If national aid would accomplish
for the whole country what state aid
is doing where adopted, it certainly
deserves serious consideration.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
AGED Pedestrian Seeks Rivals,

A place in the history Of pedestri-
anism will be made for the recent jog
of the veteran walker, DR.. Deighton
over the classical road between tie
two extremes Of the British kingdom,
Lands End and John O. Greats. At
the age of 81 he has covered the dis.
lance of over 1000 miles in twenty.
four days and four hours, an average
speed Of nearly two miles an hour, or
fortytwo miles 9 day: DIR. Deighton
intends to visit the United States and
challenge any man Of his years Is
walk across the continent from the
Atlantic to- the Pacif !. S4s
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Be Near.

Rest for the weary hands is good,
And love for hearts that pine,
But let the manly habitude
:. Of upright souls be mine,
Let winds that blow from heaven refresh
Dear Lord, the languid air;
And let the weakness of the flesh
Thy strength of spirit share.
And If the eye must fail of light,
The ear forget to hear,
Make clearer still the spirits sight,
More fine the inward ear!
Be near me in mine hours of need,
To soothe, to cheer or warn,
And down these slopes of sunset lead,
AS up the hills of morn!
- John G. Whittier.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
Easy to Answer. !

Husband (reading from Scott)-
"Not one woman in twenty marries
the first love-" How was it in your
case, my dear?
Wife-How was it in your case?
Husband-You must make the first
confession-don't answer like a par
rot by asking me the same question.
Wife-Well, here's the honest
truth. If you married your first love.
married my first If you didn't, |
didn't.-London Tit-Bits.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
The Largest Map in the World.

ne EdT9est WdP TT tHe "OTIu.
The largest map in the world is
now hanging on the wall of Secretary
Cortelyou's Office, in the department.
of commerce and labor at Washing.
ton. It is over eight feet wide and
sixteen feet long. The purpose OF
the map is to show everything that is
Of interest to the American manufac.
turer, so that he can be better pre-.
barred to do business with foreign
countries. III ~. "' >'A.
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Kaiser EmbeIIishes Memorial.

Kaiser EmbelIishes Memorial.
= The German emperor has drawn an
ornamental sketch, which is describ-
ed as a memorial sheet" to be pre-
scented, with the Official announce
ment Of death, to the relatives Of
those soldiers Of the Southwest Afri-
can colony who have fallen, or viii
fall, in battle against the Herreros.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25

Prof. Richard Burton formulates q
great literary truth when he tells
writer's in his lecture on Literary
Men and Women" that i is a great
deal easier to be good on paper than
in life.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25

That Pittsburg woman who has In.
vented a woman's comb that will hide
itself in the hair may mean well
enough, but what is the use Of wear.
ing a comb Unless other women can
see it and Wish they had one like it?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25
Good Outlook for United States.

Admiral Bowles, who retired from
the construction department of the
navy to take general charge of the
shipbuilding plant near Quincy, Mass,
and must be conceded to know some.
thing about the business he has been
in for twenty-five years, at a meeting
of the Master Builders and Traders
association of Quincy, expressed his
belief that the United States will be
building the ships of the world in the
near future.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25

Santos Dumont says that air cycles
will become fashionable in the course
Of time. Here is more trouble for
the police, whose business it is to
stop speeding.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25

The $500 organized school teachers
in Chicago are pledged neither to pur-
chase nor accept box of candy
which does not bear union label.
When one considers tho amount Of
candy which $500 women could and
would consume in year, this fact a.
'sumes m appalling significance. .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25

A piece of radium will disappear en-
tirely in about 1000 years, but the
present owners of the article are bear
ing up manfully under the prospective
loss
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AS far as the United States is con-
cerned, Adelina Patti has sung her
last note. Let us not be ungallant,
but, thank heaven!
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Summer Conference.

The summer religious conference
idea is spreading rapidly in all direc-
tons. The Episcopalians have in
augurated a conference patterned Oh
the Mortified and Chautauqua lines,
to be held at Richfeld Springs, N. Y,
August 4-14. a. * =.
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In the old fashioned log school
houses of long ago in Missouri, where
the boys sat on one side and the girls
on the other, the latter were cheerfu l
and generally looked on the sonny
side.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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The Gear of Russia is going to the
front. But he will be accompanied by
a police force that is to be large
enough to run the Japanese army it
it attempts to take liberties with his
majesty.
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Harry Lehr's lapdog probably does
not resent the numerous changes Of
ribbons half so much as it does the
necessity of appearing publicly in
company with Harry.
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Rat Eat Lint.

At the outbreak of the war. the med
ical department at St. Petersburg
should have had in store about $751;
600 worth Of line; There was none.
The official explanation is that the
lint was "eaten BY rats. ~ 7 s>.tsS : &:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-06-25

Nature is also taking hand in the
reform of the Balkans. twenty-five
persons were killed, forty injured,
1900 houses destroyed and much dis
tress caused by an earthquake.
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According to the Boston Globe, a
major in the Russian army gets only
about $3.50 year. Perhaps that is all
he is:worth.
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Peary has deferred his next arctic
trip for a year. He is convinced that
the pole will keep, owing to the ex-
cel1ent cold storage facilities in that
vicinity.