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The Cook County herald., 1905-09-02
Definite Directions.

Where time is not money, ideas of
distance are always uncertain and
frequently confusing.
"About how far is it to Gourdvi]le?"
asked a stranger of a North Carolinian,
who sat on the veranda, holding up
the front side Of the house.
1.-TWO boots and look, reck'n,"
was the laconic reply.
well, how far is that?" queried the
stranger, impatiently.
'|Twicet as fur as yo' kin holler an
as fur as yu' kin see beyond thet.''
But I'm consumptive, and can't
'holler' at ALL" urged the traveller.
"How am 1 to tell anything from such
a direction as that?'
"Better look twicet an not boiler at
all,' was the answer. "Gourdville
amt wuth hollerin' about nohow."-
Golden Days.
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FIRES THAT NEVER GO OUT.
Hearths in England Have Been Kept
GIowinu for Centuries

Hearths in England Have Been Kept
Glowing for Centuries.
There are domestic fires burning in
Yorkshire, England, to-day which
have never been out for hundreds of
years. At the old-fashioned farm
houses in the dales of Yorkshire peat
is still burned. The fuel is obtained
from the moors and stacks Of it are
kept by the farmers in their stack
garths.
The country round is noted for it's
'@griddle cakes" which are made from
dough baked in quaint pans suspended
over the pea fires. These fires are
kept glowing from generation to, gen
Grafton and the son warns himself at
the fire which warmed his sire and his
grandsire and his grandsire's sires and
which will warm his son and his sons
son.
There is a fire at Castleton in the
Whitby district which has been burn
ing for over 200 years. The record
probably is held by a. farmhouse at
Osmotherly, in the same district. This
fire has been burning for 500 years,
and there are records to show that it
has not been out during the last three
centuries.
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-02
NCATVR'S BRAVE
FIGHT VNAVAILING
Incident of the War of 1872

Lying in the River Thames is a fri
gate captured by the British from
America in 1916. Her name is the
President
Few persons knew of the existence
Of this old vessel until the other day,
when Lord Charles BeresfOrd, COM
Tander in chief of the Mediterranean
squadron, hoisted his flag at her peak
to signify that he had assumed his
new charge.
The story of how the President came
to be a British prize is interesting She
was surrendered to overwhelming odds
by Capt. Stephen Decatur outside San
dy Hook, having been cut to pieces in
a battle with a superior vessel and
cape was utterly out of the question,
and so her flag was hauled down.
The President was one of the largest
Of the American frigates, rating forty
four guns and carrying a large crew.
Her first affair of Importance was her
encounter with the British sloop-of
war Little Belt, in command Of Capt
Bingham, of the Capes, On May 16,
1911. The President was then COM
manded by Commodore Rogers, and,
while none of her crew was killed and
only One-a boy-wounded, the British
sloop lost thirteen killed and nineteen
. wounded.
The surrender to the British of the
President took place on Jan. 16, 1915
Two days before, under command of
Capt. Stephen Decatur, the President
had dropped down from the city to
Sandy Hook. During the night she
made an attempt to cross the bar and
put to sea. From some cause never
explained the pilot missed the channel
and ran the ship on one of the shoals
which obstruct the harbor, and for five
hours she was detained.
AS a squadron of British ships had
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; PALACES OF THE SULTAN.
They Bring to Strangers Mind a vi
sion Of Arabian Nights.

They Bring to Strangers Mind vi
sion Of Arabian Nights.
In spite Of the extreme lack OF
architectural beauty, there is a GER.
tain >picturesqueness and softness III
the Constantinople> street scene which
forms a pleasing background to the
stately palaces of the sultan, says A.
Maundeville in the Era Magazine.
Perhaps it is merely the contrast be-
tween the dingy wood-colored houses
Of the people and the pure white mar
bic or gilded stucco of the royal build
ings which bring to the strangers
mind a vision of enchanted palaces Of
the Arabian Nights" The soft tints
of shade, THE wavering reflections in
the Bosporous, the fancy that pair
OF black, dreamy eyes may be looking
out through the lattice windows, the
charm OF the mysterious, the horror
of the tragedies which rumor says
have been enacted within the palace
walls, the curiosity to know if there
is really trap-door and just how
beautiful was the Circassian slave
girl who lost the favor of her i'm
perial master and suddenly disap-
peared in the dark subterranean
stream connecting with the Bosporous,
and thousand other fancies tend to
enhance the vision. And the architect
may tell you that the palaces have
not the proper proportions, that the
details do not harmonize with the
size or form, that there are hundreds
Of private houses in America more
magnificent, more durable, of better
architectural design and with finer
surroundings; but in spite of it all
the palaces of the sultan have an ir-
resistible charm. which wraps the
stranger in intense admiration and al
ways remains with the old resident at
the Turkish capital
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been blochading the harbor for several
weeks and had been blown off by a
gale, the opportunity to run the Presi.
dent outside had been seized by Capt.
Decatur. The mishap caused by the
pilot was therefore particularly unfor-
tunate, resulting as it probably did
in the loss to America of the fine
frigate.
Early on the morning of Jan. Is,
while Capt. Decatur was headed south
east by east he made out three strange
sail, all within shot and all directly
ahead of the President. The Ameri-
can vessel then was hauled up and
passed to the northward, three miles
distant.
When the day came it was found
that there were four ships in pursuit
of the President. Two were astern
and one on either quarter. The near
est ship was only three miles away
Decatur had on board large guam
tity of stores. for use on long cruise,
and he at once took steps to tighten
his ship. Anchors were cut away,
water casks emptied, provisions, ca.
bles, spars, boats and all other articles
that could be spared were thrown over
board. From the royals down the sails
were kept wet, but as the wind was
light and elusive the pursuers gained
steadily.
At three o'clock in the afternoon the
nearest ship was close enough and
opened fire with her bow guns. At five
o'clock, having won a place within
half point blank shot distance, she was
able to bring into use all her guns, but
neither those at the stern nor on the
quarter of the President could be
brought to bear.
For nearly an hour the President en-.
dured the CALLING fire, each shot carry
ing away some of her rigging. Then
Capt. Decatur determined to act, and
his crew cheerfully agreed with him
The Presidents helm was put up and
her course changed so that she could
get in close quarters with her oppo-
nent. The Englishman understood
the scheme of Decatur and kept of.
The ships meantime coming abeam
and each delivering a broadside.
Then for two and a half hours the
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-02
yes' Lookin' On,

Seems to me. jes' ]ookin' on, that things
is travelin' fast,
faint half so easy livin' as in the good
old days that's past.
We used to slow UP then a while, an
take little rest.
An git taste Of things we folks ac-
counted best.
Mebbe I'm a bit too slow for this new
century rush,
But 1 long for f1owery meadows and the
woodlands gentle hush,
Away off in the valleys where the flowers
softly bloom,
Where there amt no rush an hustle an
there's always plenty room.
Seems to me- jes lookin on, we are car
ryin' too much steam;
Better hug the shores a while, than set
out in the stream;
It's safer in the by-ways than along
the crowded street,
Where you're jostled AN you're hustled
by ever one you meet
Mebbe life's to hustle, jes to always race
for gold,
But there's better things for.,nothin' that
can't be bought or sold;.
Amt so long to be here, if you goin' to
take you better give,
An seems to me, jes lookin' on, that's
the better way to live.
Tommy Hawk, in New York Press
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-02

TOLD BY SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
Man Who Under
of Japan-Reckless Through Infested
Later Deportat


Alter five months in Japan, where
he went to enlist in the mikados army
If he c0uld-A NJ. Strong is back
in Chicago.
. Strong is one of the unique char
acters Of this big city. He is true
soldier of fortune. A genius of little
Journeys.
A dozen times in the past quarter
of century he has been in uniform
under foreign flag, yet enter the
Japanese army he could not.
In 1870. Strong was in Berlin and
from there accompanied the victorious
Germans on their march to Paris. This
was his first war experience. Since
then he has been four times in Eng
nsh service, once with France-in
Madagascar-in the Barrios revolu-
tion in Guatemala, the DeMello affair
IN Brazil and under Maceo in the
Cuban war before this country inter-
!erred. He was in English service
during the Boer war and accompanied
the allied armies on the march to
Pekin as a volunteer aid on Kurokis
staff
Strong is a newspaper writer and
photographer. and many of his: stories
of railroad life, tramp tours and war
have been used by the Chicago press.
He left St. Louis year ago with
just SIS bound for Japan. He has
Travelled $4,000 miles and he landed in
Chicago with just Is cents yesterday.
Concerning this latest trip and one,
by the way, that, even though he saw
no war, was thrilling enough, Mr..
Strong says:
"A year ago l was working on the
staff of St. Louis evening daily Had
good job and for long time had
thought that l could settle down and
quit running about, but as the cables
told of the increasing magnitude Of
this greatest war OF modern times, the
old unrest again attacked me; | want
ed to see it, and, when a little later
came shake-up' in the office and
my official head dropped in the basket,
| was really glad. l was footloose,
and my first thought was-to Japan.
Il had heard that the Japs were
shipping horses and mules out of Van
couver, B. c., and l headed straight
for the British Columbian port. | had
good discharges from two voyages of
just this kind in English service and
| believed that I could get to Japan
that way.
AT the docks in Vancouver T found
the NishaWa, Japanese transport.
loading horses and almost ready to
sail. 1t took a long and very earnest
talk with the little brown man in COM
mand to do it, but finally succeeded,
and was installed as. nurse for some
1wenty-odd horses who were to make
the long trip to the Island EMPIRE
Trips of this kind we're so fully
exploited during the Boer war that I'll
pass this one by with the comment
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that the treatment was about fifty
per cent better than / enjoyed (?)
on the English boats.
There were only two Americans in
that crew of horsemen, John White,
Providence, R. l., boy, and myself.
we had been .chums during the Boer
war and had tramped thousands of
miles in company in America since.
when the Nishawa dropped anchor
in Nagasaki bay we commenced to
make preparations to go ashore, and
incidentally began to look for the re-
cruiting officers, who had always come
abroad looking for recruits whenever
l had landed in foreign country un-
der similar conditions.
mo recruiting officers came out,
however, and for two whole days while
we laid at anchor, waiting for a
chance to unload the horses, Jack and
I worried over that and wondered if
the Japs didn't want any more SOL
diers.
Finally the ship was towed into
the docks, and while the agile Japs
unloaded the horses and other truck
we, Jack and I, started for the shore
We started several times, but in ,ev-
cry instance were arrested and
brought back to the ship.
The captain said Japan didn't need
any foreign help. They could whip
Russia alone and were going to do it
quick. He further said that unless
we had passports we would never be
allowed to land
Nov, whoever heard of yolun-
teer having passport? You might
as we'll look for a tramp with money.
OF course we had none, but we swore
we would get ashore-some way.
For over a week we tried in every
way to get by that guard line ON the
docks, but it was no use; they would
catch us every time. We tried to
'bribe them; Jack and I together had
$2.S5, but it wasn't enough, and when
the cargo was all ashore and the
Nishawa back at her anchorage, ready
to sail the next morning, we were
still aboard.
That was the prettiest moonlight
night: you ever s4~. noticed that
only very short watch was on duty
and called my chum's attention to it,
believed if we tried we could swim
ashore; it was only about mile and
| the water was warm and calm as a
millpond.
I'VE discussed the matter fully, and
finally, just little before midnight,
we packed the cameras and our
clothes in a big feed tub, launched it
out Of one OF the port gangways on the
shady side of the vessel, and slip
ping quietly into the water, started on
our long swim.
II don't believe there is anything I
want bad enough, on earth or any
where else, to tempt me to t.v that lit
tie aquatic stunt again.
I'VE were nearly half way to the
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-02

shore when I heard a queer *swishy'
sound behind us and felt the swirl of
the waves as if boat was passing us.
I looked around, and, if I was ever
near fainting, it was just then. Not
twenty feet away and sailing slowly
towards us came the big brown dOrsal
fin of a monster shark.
IT called to Jack to look while
grasped the edge of the tub to keep
from sinking, but he was busy watch
ing another of those horrible triangu
lar sails on his own side.
1T seemed scarcely a minute until
the sea was fairly alive with maneat-
ers, and I was ready, almost, to give
up; but Jack, a veteran man-o'Wars
man, said, Get a coat out Of the tub
and fight. They wont touch you if
you thrash the water about
my limbs were so chilled that
could scarcely move and my heart felt
like it was in cold storage. Every
faculty was paralyzed from fright |
don't really think I knew anything
more until my feet were on the sand
and Jack was leading me up the beach
to blessed safety.
I'VE dropped down on the sand be-
side the rocks and laid there until
daylight. Then we dressed and went
up into the city to look up recruit
ing station
I'VE soon found one and was much
pleased to see behind the desk a
sturdy little Jap major I had known
in st. Louis during the earlier days Of
the Worlds Fair.
Il then offered to bet Jack my sole
remaining dollar that we would en-
list. I'm glad he didn't accept, for l
would have lost.
THE major recognized me instant
ly, smiled, shook hands and said
How
Then he said few words to a SOL
dier, and we >were politely escorted
into another room. I told Jack that
we wouldn't be common privates. 1t
was sure to be something better.
@'I found out an hour later, when
the major paid us a visit, that we
were under arrest. The major very
fatty said we had no business in
Japan and that we would be deported.
well, Jack was deported. BY rea-
son of our former friendship the ma
jor finally consented to parole me for
a little while and let me see little of
the mikado's realm
The little while stretched alor e
into months and l was still the ma
jor's guest. Then came orders send
ing him back to his regiment and I,
with my protector some, was soon en-
route to Yokohama, from whence the
mikado's war Office sent me home
Il missed the big war l wanted to
see, but if make no mistake there's
a bigger one almost due, and if it
materialize l will, under the Union
Jack of old England, see at least a lit
tie of it,"
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combatants, quarter of mile apart
ran dead ahead, but whenever the
President made an attempt to close in
the enemy sheered off, SO that the &C.
tion was altogether with the heavy
guns. Spars and rigging were aimed
at on either side, but the Presidents
marksmen appear to have been the
better, as at eight o'clock the stranger
was dismantled, "her sails being cut
from her yards,' as Decatur afterward
reported.
The damaged ship then fell astern
while the President made an effort to
repair the damage done and to shake
off the three other pursuers, which by
this time had been joined by a brig,
and all Of them were gaining rapidly
on the American frigate.
When the*four ships had come with.
in gunshot; at II o'clock, the Pomona,
one of them; at once began battle with.
in musket shot distance, while the
Tenedos, within two cable lengths, and
the Majestic and the Despatch, even
closer astern, all opened fire.
Surrounded by force vastly supe-
rior to his own and with one-fifth of
his crew either dead or crippled and
his ship in such condition that to sail
away was impossible, Capt. Decatur
decided that it Was his duty to surren.
der; which he did by hoisting light to
Indicate his purpose.
The Presidents force was thirty-two
long twenty-four pound guns, one TWEEN
tyfour pound howitzer, twenty forty
two pound carronades and five small
pieces in her tops
On the President twentyfourz men
were killed and fifty-six wounded. The
Endymion lost eleven killed and four
teen wounded. There were no casual.
ties on the other ships.
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Her Comeback.

well, madame" shouted Mr. Jaw
back, triumphantly, as he entered the
house with an idea of vengeance in
his brain, your goose is cooked"
:''Good gracious, my DEAR" cried Mrs.
Jawback, anxiously, 81 know this
weather is frightfully warm, but do
you feel SO bad as that? Cooked is a
strong expression. Shall get you
drink OF lemonade, or put some crack.
ed. ice on, your head ?"C Cleveland
Leader Ss,* * s - : !. ..:. ~ s = SsE
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terrific report. Capt. P ratt of the
steamer Yushun reports a floating
mine which was exploded at 100 yards
range. This; is thought a safe dis
tance. The only thing to be careful
OF is to have sufficient overhead GOV.
ering as a protection against falling
fragments. The steamer Kungping
reports sighting a large spiked mine
tWenty-three miles from Howski is
land. Rifle shots, were fred at it and
the mine ~ exploded, several fragments
OF it falling upon the deck Of the
vessel.'' <*:4s: W. z:szz5 ~ I
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Treats distinguished Ancestry.

Charles Henry Treat, who became
United States treasurer several years
ago, is a direct descendant of Robert
Treat, who for thirty-two years was
deputy and royal governor of. the col.
ony OF Connecticut. Mr.. Treat lived
for number Of years in Delaware
and later In Maryland, before moving
to New York. =, ,....=:,.s... Il
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-02
Floating Mines a Danger.

Floating mines from Port Arthur
continue a menace to navigation"
says the Pekin Times. 'The Hsinch,
from Tientsin, reports. sighting one
of these drifting dangers. The en-
gines were stopped and for upward
of an hour the captain and officers en-
deavored to explode it by means of
rifle shots. The firing proving inef-
fectual, boat was lowered in charge
of MI. Miller, the chief OFFICER, who
placed the mine in tow, but after ~tow4
ing for two hours it exploded with a
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-02-11
HABITS OF HORSE AND DONKEY
Easily Traced Back to Their Most Re-
mote Ancestors.

Easily Traced Back to Their MOST nc
mote Ancestors.
The ancestors of the horse were &C.
customed to roam over the palms.
where every tuft of grass or bush
might conceal an enemy waiting 10
spring upon them: Under these CIR
cumstances they must often have
saved their lives by starting quickly
back or jumping to one side when they
came without warning upon some
strange object. This is hablt WHICH
has not left the animal, even AFTER
long years of domesticatlon.
On the other hand, the donkey is de-
scended from animals which hveo
among the hills, where there were
precipices and dangerous dechVltles'
and from these conditions resulted MS
slowness and sure footedness. Ills
ancestors were not so liable to sudden
attacks from wild beasts and snakes.
Besides, sudden and wild starts "oulo
have been positively dangerous 10
them. Consequently they learned 10
avoid the very trick which has neen
so useful to the horse. the naDlt VI
eating thistles, which is peculiar alone
to the donkey, is also descenoeo 1ron
these ancestors. In the dry, barren 10
calities which they Inhabited -tnere
was often little food; hence t7l tney
learned to eat hard, dry ana even
prickly plants when there was notnAne
else.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-02-11
STATE FEDERATION
Women of Minnesota Meet and FORM
Auxiliary of National Federalism.

Auxiliary of National Federation.
The senate chamber of the old capt.
toll St. Paul, was filed with some two
hundred earnest, thoughtful AFRO
American club women last Wednes-
day afternoon, February Sth, for the
purpose of federating the state OF Min
nesota to become auxiliary to the Ma
tional Association of Colored Women.
Mrs. I. E. Gibbs of Minneapolis,
chairman OF the conference commit
tee. which met December 18TH for the
purpose of recommending call Tor
an organization meeting-Was upon
the adoption of resolutions by the sew
eral clubs interested, delegated with
mower to call the federation meeting
to order-and in an eloquent address
presented the purpose of the meeting,
emphasizing the thought of its perpe-
tuity and helpfulness as the prevalllng
deem motive underlying the interest
and enthusiasm manifested. MIS-.
Gibbs paid beautiful tribute to Mrs.
Laura Durant Hickman as the lndlVlo-
ua1 to whom the honor was due IN
this movement to federate the CLUBS
in the state of Minnesota, and, too, OF
the altruistic principles governing her
labor for a larger sphere OF uSe1ul-
ness for the women of the state.
The committee on credentials re-
ported nearly one hundred delegates
representing fifteen clubs, having
total membership Of nearly tour nun
dred in the cities of st. Paul, Mlnneap-
oils and Duluth. While awaiting the
report on credentials, Mr.. J. Q. Adams
of THE APPEAL and attorney r. l..
McGhee we're called upon to speak
and both responded in complimentary
actresses. The following officers were
then elected:
State organizer, Mrs. Laura Durant'
Hickman. St. Paul; president, Mrs l.
r. Gibbs, Minneapolis; first vice presl'
dent, Mrs. Kittie Terrell, st. Paul;
second vice president, Mrs. Allce
Johnson, Duluth; secretary mary
joyce, Minneapolis; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Laura Falrfax-ColDy
duluth: treasurer, Mrs. M. G. Durant
St. Paul; editor: Miss F. H. Dodd' ST.
Paul
The officers of the state federation
with the presidents OF the various
clubs form the executive board.
Plans were laid for the holding OF
a convention in the coming summer
The officers of the federation Will
hold their Offices until the meeting Oh
the national federation in 1896.
The delegates from other cities were
entertained by the resident delegates
at their homes.
Owing to the lateness OF the hou1
a number of greetings from the na'
tional officers could not be read.
Votes of thanks were extended 10
Messers, Adams and McGhee for thelr
addresses and also to the governor
for the use of the capitol for the meet
ing.
The meeting then adjourned.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-02-11
You'll Be Glad to Know This.

The lucidity of this statement, made
by q medical journal, will appeal to all
hurried readers: "Further evidence
of the complex charac ter OF toxins was
also furnished by the studies OF haem-
olysins and bacteriolysins, which
had their origin in the union OF an
amboceptor and complement and were
analogous to toxins, the amboceptor
representing the haptophore and the
complement the toxophore group
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-02-11

Fuller and Jay streets. sunday serS ices:
HOO a. m; 1850 p. =. Wednesday prayer
meeting, 500 p. m. Pastor VISITS on non,
Thursday. Weddings, funerals an& sae
sick attended on notice. Rev. J. c. A'tecr-
son. Pastor. $50 Louis St.
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH. Cor.
10Th and Cedar. Sunday services: Preach
ing at II n. m. and 7:45 D. m. Sunday
school at 1890 o'clock. "Wednesday wen
ing general prayer meeting. Friday uven
ing study Sunday school lesson. FuUeralR
and weddings promptly attended. Rev. ".
D. Carter, Pastor. $50 Elfelt St.