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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

mauve silk and narrow-strappeG, open
sandals of black satin. From tina
vague, rosy purple mass of drapery
the clear lines of her stately body
rose; round waist, superb shoulders,
queenly head, the pale blonde hair
crowned with a bonnet composed en-
tirely Of violets, a great bunch Of vio-
lets upon her breast; and over all q
tent-like sun shade of mauve satin,
flounced all over with white lace. lined
with white silk; while cunningly be-
tween mauve-outside and white-inside
was stretched pink silk inner lining.
so that when the sunlight struck faiTk
ly upon the parasol an evanescenk
pearly-pink tint fell upon the fair face
beneath it. And when the great open
landau rolled swiftly toward the Bots,
it was as If the carriage was full,
filled with the plumy extravaganza OF
the lilac's bloom-the poignant per-
fums of violets massed beneath the
loosely petaled opulence Of the pur-
pied fleur de luce! From this ire
mendous mass of perfumed bloom her
lovely face smiled forth, as though the
prodigality of spring had been per-
sonifled in her.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
Old Uncle Ned'S Moose

with me, SO didn't interfere with her.
Now, Bartlett'es Brook, you krow.
runs all criss-cross and zig-zag, like
saw teeth, and comm around three
turns more there was the COW and
calf again. Says /: old gal, you; III
shoot you But there wasn't no use
doing that, fer she wasn't really intefy
ferin' with me. Then went around
couple o. more turns. and there she
was agin, still lowerin' her head and
lookin' wicked like.
"'By gosh, old GAL says I, 'thatl
do for you. You come to me, an I'll
settle YOU But she didn't do no inter-
ferin', so I didn't either. So ! went
TO fishin' for an haur, and after ! had
caught two or three hundred l come
back down stream. and darned II
there wasn't the calf all alone. 1t
seems the COW wasn't after me, but
after my little dog, who was in the
boat, but who had swimmed ashore
while l was fishin'. That moose cow
followed the dog clean into Peevy's
camp, and was eatin' cold oatmeal out
of a pot on the hearth when Peevy
came along. and she was scared on
Peevy was too surprised to shoot.
Anyways, he didn't have gun"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Engineers find more difficulties in
the way than occur to dreamers. LORD
Kelvin showed, three and-twenty
years ago, says the London Telegraph,
how hard 1t would be to get any pow
er economically out of the rise and
fall of the tides on the seashore. Ten,
or in some cases a hundred, times as
much might be done with a tidal river.
The rise and fail of the tides between
Gravesend and London would repre-.
sent an enormous amount of power:
but it so happens that the Thames
is required for other purposes. Mr..
Sutherland, in that ingenious work
Twentieth Century Inventions" cal.
culates that the waves of the sea
would yield in a few seconds as much
power as a tidal force elevating and
depressing the water level, say, eight
feet, would do in as as many hours.
The infant born yesterday will be
very old man before he sees London
lighted and warmed, to say nothing Of
other little requirements fulfilled by
the power of marine tides, or cur
rents or waves.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
Gems to Cure Ills

Many Of the precious gems that are
so highly valued as ornaments were
orce supposed to possess curative
powers. The amethyst, for instance,
was the stone Of temperance and so.
briefly and was said to prevent the
wearer from strong drinks and from
INDUCING in too much sleep. Further,
~ was believed to quicken the wits
and drive vapors from the head-al-
together most desirable gem to have
about ones person. Amethysts should
certainly become fashionable. Pearls
were administered in cases of con-
sumption. and, when powdered, were
recommended in ten-grain doses to
strengthen the heart Besides these
virtues they were believed to fortify
the nerves, cure weak eyes, old age
and even "a cordial to resist the
plague when taken in doses Of six
grains in water sweetened with man.
ma"
Amber was given to cure coughs
and diseases of the head, while red
coral was said to be IAN excellent
purifier of the blood and good for the
liver" Jasper was employed by the
early physicians as an astringent and
a cure for epilepsy and stone. 1t is
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Seeing some of your fish and bear
stories in Maine woods, must con-
fess some of them do smell a little
fishy, and for change Twill give you
one founded on facts. You see 1t
was this way: We were fishing on
one of the Keswick lakes in the
spring of 1893, and our catch had been
enormous. About 3 o'clock in the
afternoon we heard peculiar noise
on the bank of the lake like tearing
of roots. So we went to investigate,
and on nearing the shore were sur
prised to find large black bear dig
glrg up the ground to beat nine of a
kind.
We lay low to watch. and what do
you think he was doing? Why. he
was digging worms, and after putting
nice, Tat angle worms on each or his
forepaws he ventured out in the lake
on an old sunken log, put down his
forefeet in the water and actually
scooped out huge trout SO thick and
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
Word Is a MOuthful 4

What is the longest word in the
world? I am not rash enough to at
tempt to answer that question" said
a well-known author. There is a
certain Welsh name Of place which
reaches me every now and then, and
which I have printed more than once,
which Is sufficiently formidable. l be-
lieve that the patient and serious Ger
mans have turned out some verbal
monsters, and it may be that the
Chinese, the Russians and other races
with whose literature l am unac.
quainted have produced series Of link
ed letters long drawn out which are
called words. So | carefully abstain
from saying what is the longest word
in the world.
But | think l may venture to sug-
gest that there are not many words
longer than one which may be found
In Liddell and Scott's Greek lexicon.
Here is the modest t-ifle:
Jepadotemackosela o galeokranio-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
elitokatakechumeno pikossuphop-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

probable the wonderful effects attrib-
uted to this stone were due more to
the faith of the patient than to the
substance itself.
The beryl was said to help "deflux.
ions of the throat" and the sardonyx
ito make men cheerful and avert mel
ancholy." The chrysolite was reputed
to ward off fevers, while the onyx,
when worn around the neck, was be.
lieved to prevent epileptic fits. The
opal was said to cure weak eyes, and
the bloodstone was often carried by
warriors to arrest bleeding from a
wound.
1t will be seen from this list, which
might be considerably extended, that
the physicians Of old had in precious
stones a formidable armament to com.
bat many of the diseases flesh is
heir to. Whether their modern de-
scendar is will be bold enough to try
their effects remains to be seen. Who
knows but we may yet hear of the
specialist in nervous diseases pre-
scr,bing powdered jasper for his cpl
leptic patients, nor need we be sur
prised to see the amethyst cure" adj
vertised as the latest treatment for
inebriates!
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
FALL OF A GRIZZLY BEAR.
Without an Instant's Warning Tract
able Beast Kills His Trainer.

able Beast Kills HIS trainer.
Another distinct type of a zoo rogue
IS the beast that goes wrong owing to
accidental temptation-like Shaggy.
an exceedingly intelligent, tractable
Rocky Mountain grizzly who reverted
to savagery and turned man-killer In
a twinlSling. owing to the unfortunate
misstep and fall of his trainer.
Shaggy was a big, handsome, gray
old fellow. with jungle-thick coat and
a numbering. awkward gait, and fun
ny twinkle that made him particularly
adaptable for his part of clown in a
remarkably trained group of fourteen
bears. He had come under the hands
Of his teacher when but helpless
cub, had never lost his liking for ca
resses, and, although the mightiest
beast in the collection, was least sus-
pected OF being dangerous. Once, when
striped hyena hung to the ankle NJ
his friend, he had run to the rescue.
and cut loose right and left with his
ponderous fore paws, and had bitten
and torn and mangled the ugly beast
to death before he could be beaten
off. Among his accomplishments were
that of turning admirably grotesque
somersaults and the more difficult feat
OF balancing himself on his hind legs
on three-foot wooden sphere.
Not a scratch or scar had his
trainer to show for the years of work
he had put in with the bear. And yet.
without an instant's warning, this
same beast attacked and injured his
master SO that, when rescued, he was
semi-demented, and SO dreadfully cut
and lacerated that the surgeons de-
cided it useless to try to save his life.
-McClure's Magazine.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
A Lucky lnspiration.

He had studied by himself, and
came up for examination to college
with inadequate preparation. He ap-
preached ancient history with fear and
doubt for he had had little time to
stuff himself with the history of the
Caesars.
TIE paper contained a question at
which the young man looked with dis
may.
what can you say about Caligula?"
He did not remember that Caligula
was the worst of long line of mad
and bad Roman emperors.
But witless inspiration came to
him, of the sort that often saves the
young and the ignorant. He wrote:
THE less said about Caligula, the
better"
He DaSsed
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
He passed
Love and the LIGHT of Morninu.

A shelter rude and crust of bread.
But your hand In mine on the way
tread,
And the red blooms over the roses dead,
And Love, and the light OF morning.
A sorrow thrilling the lonely years,
But your smile like light In rain OF
tears
And your sweet, firm faith. and your
whispered prayers.
And Love. and the light OF morning!
And so we mingle, and so We meet.
And shall, till the journey, at last COM
plete,
We rest with the beautiful dreams and
sweet
In Love and the light of morning
Frank l.. Stanton In. Atlanta Constitu-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
A Real Fishing Yarn

fast that he almost darkened the sun.
After while, thinking there was
enough fish for us, we put an ounce
ball in his head. Talk about fish!
Great heavens! There lay trout two
feet deep on which two young cubs
were gorging themselves. Well. we
skinned that bear and, wishing to Sc
cure the cub alive, | just threw the
bearskin over me and got down on all
tours, and those cubs followed me
right into camp, thinking 1t was moth
err bear.
The cubs I afterward sold for eos
each. and the hide of TIE mother bear,
which was very large one. brought
ne $40, not too bad a days work Oh,
yes. about those fish on the bank.
Well. we went back the next day and
barre'ed up twenty-four barrels of
the best of those trout. The rest were
left to rot in the sun. We put those
fish In cold storage and we Rave some
Of them yet. Next.-Maine Woods.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
Owns Much English Land.

There are a number of famous es.
tates In England, but the man who
probably owns more lard than any
other one inhabitant of that country
is the duke of Sutherland, who is now
in tanada and will make a tour
throughout the Briti6n northwest. The
duke Is said to be the largest land
holder In the British islands, owning
about 12hS 600 acres
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
FAD FOR sARvAs POTTERY.
Oddly Constructed Utensils That Are
in Current Demand.

Oddly Constructed Utensils That Are
in Current Demand.
In the Island of Lewis, SO well
known to all readers of William
Blacks romance, Is the little village
OF Barvas, where two old women car
ry on a rude pottery, for many years
unknown to any but their neighbors.
These, the only potters in the Scot
fish Highlands, have made their
coarse ware for village use and must
have been poorly paid, since the peo-
pie are badly off, and for many a
year now the crockery made in fac
tories has been procurable even in the
Isle OF Lewis. But sportsman stay
ing in the neighborhood saw and fan
cied the pottery and its makers and
spread its fame abroad and now the
old women can scarcely supply 1t fast
enough. Formerly only craggans,
rude sort of bowl to hold fish oil or
milk, was made, but now to please
tourists and visitors strange and un-
couth tea services are turned out.
The cups are not warranted to stand
straight or the saucers to maintain
their equilibrium. the teapot bulges
and the sugar bowl looks tipsy, but
they are queer. they are of Barvas,
and so precious. the best Of all they
keep the old women in comfort These
dishes are made from local clay Of
a smooth yellow. After being knead-
ed IL Is shaDed by hand ScraDed with
knife ard dried for days in the sun,
then fried among peats.-Springfield
Republican.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
Not Ready for His Coffin.

Engineer Minamisawa was wounded
in a sea battle, where he distinguished
himself on board the Kasumi. On his
arriving at Sasebo, II was astonished
to find" remarked the officer with a
great deal of amusement, three cot.
fms brought and to hear some one call
ing out: Where Is the corpse of En-
gineer Miramisawa? 4 am that
corpse bawled in reply.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Uncle Russell Sage thinks no man
ought to pay more than fifty cents for
a straw hat. Well, $50 Panama on
a fifty cent head does look little mis-
placed.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Mr.. Otto Nordenskjold, who orce
tried to find me South pole has fail
ed to land the chair of geography in
Stockholm university. The candidates
proved ignorance Of exactly where the
pole is doubtless told against him.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

A man who signs himself ''Dr. NJ. A.
Lee, b. g. A. B. M. D. advertises In a
North Dakota paper that he desires TO
become member of the state legisla-
ture. He must think North Dakota Is
getting right up into the Massaohu-
sets class.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

"A woman should be first home.
maker" says Mrs. Bob" Burdette.
who has just declined to be candi-
date for the president of the national
federation Of women's clubs. That Is
he first article of my club creed" she
adds. Lucky "Bobi"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Do not scoff at the Chicago woman
-ho declares that she used to weigh
IA pounds. but has taken off seventy
pounds by mental action. Many a
woman has taken ten years of her
age in the same way.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
The Abused Party.

els that your muller" asked the man
who was going fishing.
"Yassir." said the colored man, who
was sitting on log by the road.
"Does he kick?"
Deed, mistuh, he amt got no
cause to kick. He's gittin' his own
way right along. I'm de one dat's
hayin' de worry an difficulty"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

A junkman down in Bridgeport,
Conn, cut a telephone cable that con-
tanned 100 wires, and when the tele-
phone people found it out they said
something much more expressive than
"Hullo!"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

The thoughtful Cincinnati Enquirer
says "a game of baseball is not in the
nature Of things religious festival"
Every Office boy knows it is often in
the nature of funeral.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Bibb county, Ca, has a record Of
hundred divorce cases at one term Of
court. The climate Of the Dakotas
would seem to have been instrument
tai In shifting the divorce center to
the southeast.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Perhaps the English educator who
talked about the "feminized" Ameri-
can youth saw some Of those queer
things in baggy trousers, dinky coats
and caps like clam shells.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Eminent defenders and opponents
of the higher criticism are having a
hot fight in the newspapers. Why do
the heather rage?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

The principal part of King Ed
wards job appears to be to visit
around among His relatives and try TO
keep them from declaring war on one
another.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

We do not doubt the assertion Of
DR.. Rondthaler that in Philadelphia
you think of your grandfather. The
atmosphere of the place conduces to
thought of those who are at rest.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Sermons are now being delivered
by photograph down in New York.
But a great many prominent citizens
will continue to get theirs by wireless
telegraphy.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

The members of the w. c. T. u.
won't agree that the Boston man who
bought six quarts of whisky for IS
cents at an express company's uR-
claimed package sale was lucky.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
New York at Twilight.

Eight thousand men are required to
tight the city Of New York for twenty
four hours. The result of their work
lie best seen in the cleaning. Lower
New York between and o'clock in
the afternoon of business day puts
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Panama now talks of disbanding its
army. This would seem to be an easy
matter. All that is necessary is to
charter an omnibus and distribute the
soldiers around at their several
shomes.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
Early Tragedy.

The Assyrian maiden was in tears!
What is the mattee?" asked her
girl friend.
Herbert wrote me a seven-page
love letter and threw II over the gar
den wall. II was written on the fin
est terra Gotta he could find. Page
ppmber three struck father, who was
asleep on a bench, and now no and
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

It is said that the horse has greater
pulling strength. in proportion to his
weight, than any other animal. How
about the octopus.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

The editor of the London Medical
Press says that rats and mice are
good eating. We understand now the
reason for the unrest in China.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

General Ma is said to have COM
mand of the 5000 Chinese regulars
now on the march. There's no doubt
about it. Mas are always in com
mand.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

A I6-year-old lady has secured a d.
vorce In Chicago. With such an early
start It is to be hoped that she may
succeed in living 1t down.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Herbert are throwing my love letter
back and forth with all their might,
and unless policeman comes pretty
soon | don't believe I'll ever know a
word of what was in it!"-Washing.
ton Star.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Since Gov. Odell refuses to- let the
corporations have Niagara falls. they
will have to water their stocks with
something else.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

In view of the fact that the 'Pil-
grim's Progress" is about to be dram
affixed, the critics are sharpening up
their pencils and few of them are
reading the book
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

The man who makes hay while the
sun shines Is in a position to lend
money to the fellow who writes poetry
about It.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25
G. A. LIsK, Publisher

The most remarkable thing about
fish stories is that they are sometimes
trua
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Susan B. Anthony's sister has paid
her taxes under protest, but that Is
more than some men can be got to do.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

In conversation use scme. but not
too much ceremony; II teaches others
to be courteous, too.-Fuller.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

Russias lack OF foresight In over
locking those double back action Mis-
souri, catapults is costing her dear.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

A New York woman hit a street-car
conductor, which shows that downtrod-
den woman will finally turn.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

oklopeleiolagoosirai obaletraganopteru
gon.
81 hope have copied 1t correctly.
but there may be a slip here and
there, and life Is not long enough to
write it out twice, and the good print.
er, in whom I have the utmost con-
fidence, may be excused if he Stun
bles now and then. In English 1t
ought to have III letters-there or
thereabouts.
'In its original Greek form the let.
tiers would not be quite so numerous,
as 'ch,' 'ps' and PHI are represented
by one letter. The word is used by
Aristophanes, who was a comedian,
and who therefore must have his little
joke, and some of his little jokes. by
the way. are not quite nice. As to it's
meaning. the learned photographers
state that it is the name of dish
compounded of all kinds OF dainties,
fish, flesh, fowl ard sauces.
1T would look well on a menu and
] should like to hear a badgered wait
/ er trying to shout IL down lGng-suf-
fering tube or gentleman woo has
already dined fairly well bawiing II
out toward the end of the banquet"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-06-25

on its purple and diamonds. no city
ever wore such diamonds or so many
of them before. The silhouetted tow
ers blaze with electric fire, while in
all directions, over bridge and ferry
and elevated road, radiate trailing
lines OF light.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-09
GOOD SPIRITS.

Good spirits don't all come from
Kentucky. Their main source Is
the liver-and all the fine spirits
ever made in the Blue Grass State
could not remedy a bad liver or the
hundred i'll effects 1t pro-
duces. You can't have good spirits
and bad liver at the same time.
Your liver must be in fine cOndi-
ton If you would feel buOyant,
happy and hopeful, bright of eye,
light of step, vigorous and success
full in your pursuits. You can put
your liver i'm fine condition by using
Green's August FlOwer-the great
est of all medicines for the liver
and stomach and n certain cure for
dyspepsia or igestion. 1t has
been favorite household remedy
for over thirty-five years. August
Flower will make your liver healthy
and active and thus insure you a
liberal supply of good spirits"
Trial size, Zoe; regular bottles. 75c.
AT all druggists. Tyr.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-09
wOMANS CLUB MEETING.

The regular monthly meeting of
the WOman's Club will be held in
the club room, Monday, April IL,
at C'clok. A full attendance is
desired as the annual election Of
officers will take place, and other
important business will be tram
sacted. Immediately after the
bsiness meeting, an adjourned
meeting will be held at the resi-
dence of Miss Maria Lindsey, where
the Musical Department will enter
tain the club. g