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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Rhodes Scholars Do Well

Writing from Oxford, correspond
ent says that the "Rhodians," as the
Rhodes scholars have already been
dubbed, are winning golden opinions.
'They are nothing" says he, IF not
thorough. The work they have to do
they set about doing no less thorough
ly than they set about their play; and
even this they are inclined to make
into task. Your typical Rhodian
has come to Oxford deeply sensible of
the muniicence> of his benefactor He
has come to learn whatever Oxford
may have to offer, and learn it he will.
Their work is their work, and their
play their play. The one must not,
and, so far as T. can see, does not,
interfere with the other. Into all ath-
letic pursuits the Rhodes scholars are
entering with the keenest zest, and
recent events bid fair to show that
English athletes must look to their
laurels.
"Already have Rhodians been chosen
to represent their alma mater at cross
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Trouble in German Africa

For many months past Germany has
been struggling with native upris-
ing in German Southwest Africa. The
kaiser's soldiers, instead of making
their difficulties less, seem to be stir
ring up more trouble all the time un-
til now there is little uneasiness in
portions of South Africa outside the
German possessions. White men are
asking themselves, IF the other black
nations should take up the cause of
the Hereros and the Hottentots, then
what?" The rebels as race are war
like. They immensely outnumber the
whites. If they were equally we'll
armed and we'll organized there might
be, it is feared, some sort of a replica
of the Indian mutiny One who is
familiar with the situation says: ut
would be simply suicidal for either
the English or the Dutch colonist to
become associated with the German
officials in their indiscreet proclama-
ton of war to the death against the
HererOs and other revolted TRIBES
1t has been found difficult to name
the exact cause of the uprising. One
report is that the Herero nation be-
came deeply in debt to willy German
traders, to whom they were compelled
to turn over great herds of cattle ard
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Unearthed an Aztec Stone

If the mate of the ancient Aztec
sacrifcial stone unearthed last week
by workmen excavating for the foun
datiOns Of the new national theater
is not found, it will be one Of the few
times that this has happened, for an
tiquarians say that these monoliths
usually are found in pairs. In antici-
patton of finding second stone, the
one eXhumed has not been removed
to the museum, and psychologists are
eagerly awaiting the completion of
the excavations to ascertain whether
or not the mate will be discovered.
1t is said that the stones are never
far apart, but some forty feet have
been dug from the spot where the first
was found without upturning the
other.
In appearance the ancient stone is
not unlike the one in the National
museum. 1t is circular with a diameter
of nearly four feet and stands fully
two feet and half high. Around it
are sculptured figures Of serpents in
termixed with crude misrepresenta-
tions of fantastic birds and reptiles,
the whole being so closely interviewer
and done by such unskilled hands or
clumsy tools that the figures are un-
recognizable except on close examina
ton. The top is followed out to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

depth of seven or eight inches, gradu-
ally tapering down from the rim, and
the corruscations and cracked places
bear evidences of extreme heat hav-
ing been applied at some time Across
the top, and extending down one side,
is a crack, apparently caused by heat,
but time has filled in the interstice
with dirt and particles of crumbling
stone. In places the surface is chip
ped, but the pieces lost are not large
enough to mar the external appear
arce of the monolith. There are no
hierogliphics on the stone if the sig
nificance Of the serpents and reptiles
be excepted.
By those who have examined the
relic of past age, it is not doubted
but what the Workmen have turned
up a genuine Aztec sacrificial stone.
OF its age, nothing can be learned ex-
cept that it probably belonged to the
same dynasty which used such stones
to torture prisoners captured in bat
tie and sacrificed to appease the gods
worshiped by the peoples of that day.
The stone will be left where it is until
the excavations have demonstrated
whether or not it's mate is in the
neighborhOod and then will be moved
to the National museum.-Mexican
Herald
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

country running and Rugby football,
and the coveted blue and half-blue are
worn by two of the newcomers. The
plan of distributing the scholars
among the various colleges has pre-
vented anything much in the way OF
cllques. A certain amount of clannish-
ness there is bound to be; nor is this
a bad thing, and the successful
Thanksgiving dinner held in Oxford
testified to the spirit of unity without
exclusiveness in which the Rhodians
have taken up their abode in Oxford.
Il do not know whether the con-
slant stream of Rhodians will in ten
years time bring about permanent
change in Oxford undergraduate life
and thought. But anyhow this much
is certain. Oxford wants new blood
in it's social sporting, academic and
educational life, and the influx Of new
undergraduates, which has commenc-
ed under such happy auspices, may do
much to bring about rehabilitation
in these matters, which is no less
necessary than desirable"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

large tracts of land. Finally they
were so impoverished that their only
recourse was to take up arms and
drive the white men out The climax
is said to have come when some Ger
man officers shot one Of the natives
in cold blood. While the Hereros
were planning their revenge the Hot
tentots of the southern end of the
colony took up arms and began pillag-
ing the settlers. While the governor
OF the province was putting down this
rebellion the Hereros took advantage
OF the opportunity and began their
fierce campaign.
Germany has poured money and
men into the district until the treas
ure expended now reaches we'll up
into the millions. The territory in
volved is as large as the states Of
Texas, New York and Connecticut,
and it is as arid in some districts as
the Nevada desert. The heavy Ger
man troops find themselves greatly
embarrassed in their effort to catch
their fleet opponents. The whole
population is about 100000, of whom
not more than 1000 are white settlers.
AS usual in such wars tales of fearful
barbarity are reported. Massacres, tor
lures and other fiendish acts make up
the list.-Chicago News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
t,~yt,~
! Chant of the Vultures


We are circling glad of the battle; we re-
joice in the smell of the smoke.
Fight on in the hell Of the trenches; we
publish your fame with a croak!
Ye will lie in dim heaps when the sunset
blows cold on the reddening sand;
yet fight, for the dead will have wages
death clutch of dust in the hand.
re nave given us banquet, 0 Kings, and
still do we clamor for more;
Vast' vast is our hunger, as vast as the
sea-hunger gnawing the shore.
lis well We are swift with your signals
the blaze of the banners, the blare
VI the bugles,. the boom of battalions, the
cannon breath hot on the air,
IL Is 1or, our munger We hurry, it is for our
feast We are met;
Be sure we will never forget you, O SER
wants that never forget!
For we are the Spirits of Battle. tho
,.peerage of greed we defend;
our lineage rose from the Night, and we
go without fellow or friend.
we We're, ere our servant Sesostris spread
over the Asian lands
ne smoke OF the blood of the peoples
the ashes he blew from his brands
we circled in revel for ages above the
Assyrian stream,
While Babylon builded her beauty and
faded to dust and to dream,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

luck is believed to have attended it.
The mission is headed by Louis Dane,
Foreign Secretary for Simla, who is
accompanied by H. R. Dobbs, his sec
rotary; Major w. Madison, r. A. !;
Capt. Victor Brooke, Ninth Lancers,
and a British doctor. The necessity
for this visit arises from the fact that
the agreement made with the late
Amir, Abdurrahman, terminated at his
death in 1901. Since that time the son
and successor of the late Amir, Habi-
bullah, has been proving himself loyal
to British interests in the absence of
any binding documents. He has re-
peatedly dispatched assurances to the
Viceroy of India of his devotion to
the British. Nevertheless it was con-
sidered that his affection would be
more convincing if he set his royal
hand and seal to it.
Several matters need discussion,
and one of them is the question of the
British subsidy, to which the Amir is
entitled. The present Amir has not
drawn the annual subsidy of 100000
rupees (about $4,000 since he
assembled to his kingly dignity. He
had no agreement with the British
and did not need the money, for he is
rich and life in Afghanistan is not ex-
pensive.
Afghanistan, which is about twice
the size of the United Kingdom and
has a population of about 100000,
has been an independent state since
the beginning of the eighteenth cen
fury, prior to which time it was part
of Persia, while it's province of Kabul
was in the Mogul empire. It is walled
in by some of the highest mountains
in the world, which almost completely
surround it, leaving less than half a
dozen socalled passes by which the
country may be entered. Only half
of these are of use for strategic pur-
poses, and even they are SO treacher-
ously situated that a large army might
be annihilated by a comparatively
small force.
The Afghans, all of whom are Mo-
hammedans, are warlike people,
which fact, added to their strong po-
sition, renders their independence
comparatively safe. England has
burned her fingers more than once in
dealing with, the Afghans, and Rus
STA has not succeeded in winning them
over, although she has spent a quar-
ter of a century coaxing.
There are few countries on the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

We scattered our laughter on Europe
and Troy was word and a waste,
The glory of Carthage was ruined, the
grandeur Of Rome was effaced
And we blazoned the name of Timour, as
he harried his herd of kings,
And the host of his hordes wound on, a
dragon with undulant rings
And we Slid down the wind upon France,
when the steps Of the earthquake
passed:
When the Bastile bloomed into fame, and
the heavens went by on the blast.
We hung over Austerlitz cheering the
armies with jubilant cries;
We scented three Kings at the carnage,
and croaked our applause from the
skies.
o Kings, We have catered to vultures-.
have chosen to feed us forsooth
The joy Of the world and her glory, the
hope of the world and her youth.
O Kings, We are diligent lackeys; we
laurel your names with our praise,
For We are the staff Of our comfort, for
We are the strength of our days.
Then spur on the host in the trenches to
give up the sky at stroke;
We tell all the winds of their glory; we
publish their fame with a croak!
Edwin Markham in Golfers Weekly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
BW7sr STATE bez&,aa0
G1cm Britain ana
F15Ga has QRNlf21s''
.Mb0 d0e5 moi GJdaz1
He Lmzzz1e5 &M2E
eE2 Civilization ..A...

Few parts Of the British empire
have caused Great Britain the anxiety
she continues to feel about her Indian
possessions. Every movement Russia
has made in Central Asia looking to-
ward the concentration of the in
Vulnerable states added by force to
the Russian empire has been watched
from the Indian frontier by argus
eyed Britons. Both Russia and Eng
land have made careful surveys of
the frontiers, and each government
has built and continues to build STRAIT
egic railroads along the enormous and
difficult boundaries. Russia is known
to have long been in possession of
several plans for descent upon In
dia, and the British have for years
been evolving quite as many plans in
tended to checkmate any movement
of the kind.
At the present time the British are
engaged in the pleasant task of as
surfing the northern neighbors of In
dia of their friendship, with the OBJ
ject of forestalling any similar device
upon the part of Russia Old treaties
long since in allegiance or quite mac
tive, have been renewed, and new ones
signed. Last year two missions were
sent out from India to carry this OBJ
ject into effect. That commanded by
Younghusband, which invaded Tibet,
was ungraciously received, and al
though a treaty was signed in the For
hidden Land, Lassa, it is admitted
that the success of the enterprise was
not unaccompanied, by serious incon-
veniences.
Late in November a British mission
was dispatched to Kabul, the capital
city of Afghanistan, where better
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Six Sayings to Remember

ITO be of good cheer in case of dis
appointment; exercise greater charity;
toward the erring and make more al
lowance for the opinions of people
whose views differ from mine; to
smile more and frown less.'
ITO be honest; to be kind; to earn
little and to spend a little less; to
make upon the whole family happier
for his presence; to renounce, when
that shall be necessary, and not be
embittered; to keep a few friends.
and these without capitulation; above
all, on the same grim condition, to
keep friends with himself-here is a
task for all that man has of forti-''
tude and delicacy."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

Out of a large number of quotations
selected by it's readers the Woman's
Home Companion prints the following
as the six most helpful notices. They
are worth remembering:
There is something better than
making a living; making life"
:"Our success in life depends upon
our will to do"
1T is never too late to be- what you
might have BEEN"
"Great principles are in small &C!
lions. If we fail in our present cir
cumstances to live nobly, we need not
imagine we should have done better
on a~grander scale. Develop great
character in simple duties and in in
conspicuous trials"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Chinese Opinion of American Educa
tim

Chinese Opinion Of American Educa.
ton.
Prof. J. w. jerks of Cornell univer-
sity, who lately returned from the
have a fine scorn for the practical
Orient, says that Chinese litterati
have fine scorn for the practical
learning of America. This is the
opinion a highly educated Chinese Of
fetal held Of our educational stand
ards:
"The schoolhouse and college in
America, where the rising generation
ought to be taught and trained in hui
man conduct and manners, have now
become mere Smithsonian workshops,
where the pupils are taught to make
money, or, as it is called, how to get
on, by learning the coarse jugglery
of the head, called law and theology
In many American universities den
tistry and chiropody, or the science
of toenail peeling, are put on the
same level with Plato and Virgil"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Afghan IRREGULAR Soldier.

AI9nan Irregular oOIoIef.
your wickedness. Hereafter, whenever
you tell. a falsehood something ter
rible will happen to you"
will my boot heel always come
OFF," asked jerry.
'Quite likely. If it isn't that, it
will be something equally bad
For several days after that Jerry
talked but little, and what few state
ments he did make were carefully
weighed beforehand One day upon
his return from school he became less
lcautious and entertained the family
with the account Of an incident that
had enlivened his trip home. The
story seemed quite plausible, and no.
body would have even thought of
doubling his veracity had not Jerry,
after looking at the heel of his shoe
explained triumphantly:
There! 1t didn't come off that
time! Better look at yours, mamma -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
TRUTH PUT TO THE TEST.

In Spite Of Warnings, Nothing Really
Terrible Happened.
Jerry had been taught that it was
sin to lie. so of course he never
meant to lie. Whenever he did stretch
the truth, which occasionally hap,
pened in spite of his good intentions,
he did so merely through the exuber.
ance of his lively Imagination. One
day, just as Jerry perpetrated one OF
his whoppers, the recently mended
heel of his shoe came off. His moth
er noticed both the accident and the
lapse from truthfulness.
There" she said, severely, "see
what happened to you as result OF
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Hypnotism.


"Gilligan will try no more of those
hypnotic experiments of his
"Why not?"
''He was out at little gathering at
the Toddlewicks last night and Name
Toddiewick dared him TO show his
power. Name said she didn't believe
he could hypnotic her father and the
old man said he couldn't. So Gill
gan gave the old man glass Of wa
ter and made him believe he was
drinking a stiff rum punch. And the
first thing anybody knew old Toddle-
wick leaped into the air and smashed
the gas fixture, and came down with
a howl and kicked over the supper
table, and it took three men and the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

One of the courts has decided that
an American girl who marries for
elgner with a title doesn't have to
pay his debts. Hereafter tailors, bar:
bers and boarding house keepers who
trust the noblemen of E-srope will
do so at their own risk.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

Poetic Senator Pettus! Don't Won
remember the box of flowers in front
of the cabin door when you were a
boy?" he queried. Don't you remem-
bre the violets growing?" You can
almost sing it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

Mrs. Chadwick filed no list of cred
itors. She evidently thinks the men
who yielded gold for hopes of gain
had their hopes, and that was all there
was coming to them.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

In announcing that it has discov.
cred school children of from six to
eight years old that smoke, Philadel-
phia gives evidences of resorting to
desperate methods to get away from
that reputation of dilatoriness.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

A drunken soldier in Warsaw killed
Two children, but a Russian CORE
spondent defends him, explaining that
the children were very small aud hard.
iy counted.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

old lady to hold him while Gilligan
brought him out Of it. And then they
all turned on Gilligan and roasted him
for the mishap-all except the old
man, who hadn't quite recovered from
his orgy and who wanted Gilligan to
try it al! over again in the 'intresh of
shience. '"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The bankruptcy courts the other
day relieved a man of debts amount
Ing to $4,O0O,000. The courts proba-
bly, took the broad ground that a
financial genius of that kind ought
not to be hampered.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The Pennsylvania man who has
been arrested for stealing railroad
is paying the penalty for his failure
to first incorporate himself under the
laws Of New JERSEY.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The Chicago man who has been
fined for swearing over the telephone
probably won't quit the use of nro-
family all at once, but he will be like
ly to hang up the receiver after this
before he starts in to express his feel
tngs.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The establishment of the Columbia
university department of Journalism
has been postponed for an Indefinite
time. However, the public will be kent
Informed as to what is going on in the
world.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

A Boston spoet makes Eliza rhyme
with advertiser" 1t must require
good deal of lashing to get the muse
to perform in Boston.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

John Burroughs starts the question
DO animals Think" Harry Lehr says
he has parrot that thinks; but the
sagacious fowl knows better than to
say what it thinks Of it's owner.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

It is alleged that in Pittsburg there
are more than thirty millionaires who
have not purchased connections with
the nobility. Boys must run in their
families.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The gentleman who proposes to dv-
Mantle his way to the north pole
might get some valuable preliminary
practice by blowing hole through the
Rocky mountains.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

THOSE London scientists who pro-
pose to secure an unlimited supply of
gold from sea water are likely to sue
coed in their plan unless they wake
up too soon.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The idea of extracting gold from
salt water is by no means new. Gold
IN small quantities has been found
frequently in sailed mines.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

canon Lyttleton Of England says
a man cannot eat meat and lead
pure life. The canon should under
stand that bilioosness is not incur
able.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

An expert says that boys who like
to kiss the pretty girls are feeble.
minded. Can you picture what the
ugliness Of that expert must be?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The Chicago woman who froze her
nose while riding in a cable car was
thankful that it wasn't her chin, now
that she wants to tell about it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The New Yorker who said that
every married couples life is dull
should study the case of the Phippses.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

A polar bear has frozen in Chica-
60. This will surprise the people who
have always thought the Windy City
was a hot town.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

Now that Anna Held has cleared
$4,000 on financial deal she can at
ford to take daily baths in cream.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The demand for automobiles largely
exceeds the supply. A good many peo-
pie must have quit eating meat.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

There is more pleasure in giving
than in receiving. This applies to
medicine, kicks and advice.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The Kaiser does not object to the
drinking of toasts in water by Off
GERS Of the army if the officers do not
mind it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

One hundred and thirty-fve million
people to-day speak the English Ian
guage-some of them correctly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
King Peter Of Servia hasn't yet for
warded his sympathetic telegram to
the revolutionists.

Perhaps Mrs. Chadwick is among
the other debtors who would be will.
Ing to sign a protocol.