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The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06

decided SO long ago. She sits up
there, all day long-except when they
call her for something, which is about
every two minutes, for Rachel is a
helpful somebody, and not at all like
her good-for-nothing sister-she sits
there, l say, sewing, sewing, on her
ousseau-'sewing the long white
seam,' as Jean Ingelow says-and with
the most calmly, placidly happy ex-
preston on her face, as though the
earth and love and everything like
that had been made just for her. It
makes me-"
Rachel's eyes were wet with a shin.
ing happy moisture, when Danny
came running, sending jubilant shout
before him:
"Sister! Yonder he comes! An >.
bet he's brought me a new baseball"
"Mr. Arnold, this is Bess," she said,
little later, blushing and smiling,
until even one who did not love her
very much would have seen that she
was no longer plain.
81 think I shall go over to Ark.
wright on visit to Ethel Joyner," said
Bess week later. Somehow, her va
cation was beginning to pail upon her
and she was restless.
Il think I would not co." said
Rachel, quietly. She was still sewing,
but rather slowly; as though there
were no need for haste AS Bess
looked at her with quick inquiry she
said: Mother is anxious for you to
help her a little-oG at least, to want
to help her-and-well, l wouldn't TO-"
And then Rachel hummed a low tune.
to show how much she was at ease.
Other days went BY and Rachel
pushed the machine back against the
wall. There is no haste" she said.
II am little tired of sewing so long.
think l will rest for a few days.
And she rested, not being strong
| enough to go on picnic with her
| lover and the family, and feeling too
tired for the walk to church. Bess
grew more irritable, and began letters
and threw them into the fire, and
started books, and forgot how far she
| had read.
*I think I shall go to the city and
find employment" she suggested
and Rachel turned upon her with a
pale face.
'Bess, you shall not go!" she cried
with a little desolate wall in he,
voice. "Just stay here-it will ali
come right. IL need you to stand
by me. You see-I-1 am not quite
sure whether I will marry Fred-afte1
all. I am not positive that love him
and one ought to be very sure
don't you think so?" And with lips
white and trembling, she looked into
lBessie's eyes.
The re'-t ds'- Ress went out for .
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walk. and before the walk was I'M
ished she was on her way to. see
Ethel. leaving a saucy, merry little
note behind her.! '1'm not very uset
full creature" she said to herself, "but
at least can do this one generous
thing-while there. is time" -
Rachel was very pale when she me:
her lover.
"Bess has gone away" she sale
quietly, with her eyes on his face
"She grew a little restless, I suppose
and she has gone>over to Arkwright
to see friend of hers"
"Yes?" said Mr.. Arnold, with friend.
ly inquiry. She'll come back to our
wedding, of course?"
Rachels face grew rosy red under a
sudden rush of color.
do you-;do you still-want us tc
be married?" she whispered; and his
look of utter amazement was sufficient
answer.
"You haven't been like yourself
since Bess came home" he said wrath.
fully. 'Somehow she didn't take a
fancy to me-though / tried with all
my might to win her over. Never
mind-it's all right now."
Half an hour" later he tried to cal:
her down from that upper room,
where the machine was making a
steady whir, as of whole colony OF
exceedingly busy bees.
"Come down to the orchard-it's IS
lovely under. the trees. What are you
doing there, anyhow, Rachel?"
"Sewing the long white seam," she
murmured, as she rose to answer his
call; and Bessie's legacy Of peace was
on her face as she went
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06
CHILDREN AFFECTED.
Rv Mothers Food and Drink.

BY Mothers Food and Drink.
Many babies have been launched
into life with constitutions weakened
by disease taken in with their moth
er's milk. Mothers cannot be too care
full as to the food they use while nurs-
ing their babes. The experience of =
Kansas City mother is. case in
point:
II was a great coffee drinker from
a child and thought could not eat q
meal without it. But found at last
it was doing me harm. For years I
had been troubled with dizziness, spots
before my eyes and pain in my heart.
to which was added two years ago q
chronic sour stomach. The baby was
born Z months ago, and almost from
the beginning it, too, suffered from
sour stomach. She was taking it
from me!
Of more experience than mine, and
she told me to quit coffee, that coffee
did not make good milk. have since
ascertained that it really dries up the
milk.
$50, quit coffee and tried tea and
at last cocoa. But they did not agree
with me- Then I turned to Postum
Coffee with the happiest results. It
proved to be the very thing l needed.
1t not only agreed perfectly with baby
and myself, but it increased the flow
OF my milk. My husband then quit
coffee and used Postum, quickly got
well Of the dyspepsia with which he
had been troubled. no longer suffer
from the dizziness, blind spells, pain
in my heart or sour stomach. Post
UNI has cured them.
"Now we all drink Postum from my
husband to my seven months old
baby. It has proved to be the best
hot drink we have ever used. We
would not give up Postum for the best
coffee we, ever drank Name given
/ by. Postum Co., Battle, Creek, Mich.
b There's a reason. ,.~..
i, Get the little book "The Road to
Wellville" in each pkg. - ~
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06

Youngest Federal Soldier in Parade.
The youngest soldier of the Union
armies during the civil war and the
only one who was enlisted under the
personal order of President Lincoln,
marched in the inaugural parade on
the 4th of March. He is William
O'Meara, now the senior vice COM
mander of Potomac Post No. l, of this
city. Mr.. O'Meara was only II years
old when the war broke out. He had
been for some time a drummer boy
in one of the local militia organiza-
tons and when President Lincoln is
sued his call for troops Mr."O'Meara' 8
father raised a company and made his
son drummer boy, When the time
came to be mustered in, the Federal
general refused to enlist young
O'Meara, although the latter claimed
that he was Is years old instead Of H.
The boy some time before had been
able to do to President Lincoln a IA
vOr in directing him and his secretary
OF war to house in an outlying Sec
ton OF the city, and just as the boy
was about to turn away from the mus.
ter1ng ground, at Seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, crying and
ne2s tbroken, he saw President Lin.
coin approaching from the direction
of the White House. The boy ran to
the president and told him his trou.
bles. Lincoln took him by the hand
and walked back to where the com.
pany was being mustered in.' Gen.
e:al,' he said to the mastering officer
why don't you enlist this boy. He
wants to go, his father is the head OF
a company, and he has the proper
spirit for soldier.''
He is years. under the age" the
general replied, land it cannot be
done without an order from the com
manding general of the armies of the
United States.''
''Then,'' said President Lincoln, cas-
I am the commander-in- chief of the
armies Of the United States, order
YOU to enlist this young man." II
was done. at once, and O'Meara served
through a large portion of that great
conflict. O'Meara's papers show that
he was discharged from the army
when only 13 years old, and with 8
creditable record of service behind
him.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06
FORTUNE WORRIES POOR WOMAN
Was Bequeathed a Neat Sum and
Can't Get Used to IT,

Was Bequeathed a Neat Sum and
Can't Get Used to 1t.
"The wealthy do have their wor-
ries," said Mrs Cynthia Nicholson,
who is worth $50,000 looking up to-
day from the steaming washtub over
which she had toiled for many years
to support her family, and which she
finds it difficult to leave in spite of her
snug little fortune. II have a whole
lot of money noW," she continued. Il
have put it in bank. but goodness,
burglars rob banks, and so do bank
officers! I want somebody to watch
the bank officers and somebody to
watch the Watchers"
Judge Henry S. Stevenson yesterday
afternoon sought out Mrs. Nicholson.
who is a widow, in her rooms on the
third floor rear, Of a tenement house
(Conn.) special to the New York Her.
aid, and told her that her uncle, Will
lam Germond OF Middletown, had died,
leaving an estate of which her share
will be between $4,000 and $4,000,
and handed her a certified check for
$1,000 as the first installment of her
fortune.
II toiled for forty years. said this
energetic widow, who is now SO years
old, without being able to save a
single penny for rainy day, and
never can get used to having money
1t troubles me. 1t makes me- suspi-
cious and I keep thinking everyone is
trying to swindle me out of it,
would like to build myself a comfort
able home, but I am afraid of the
real estate agents and builders, and
I know I could never trust lawyer.
"Of course I am glad | haven't tc
work any more, and the children will
be able to live we'll on the money
when l am gone, but I was happy
enough before I became wealthy. Now
I am worried half to DEATH"
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06
How Many Did You Get?

The total output of the New York
oyster industry during the past year
was .6,082,960 bushels, according to
the annual report of Superintendent
Wood, of the Shell Fish Bureau of the
State Forest, Fish and Game Depart
ment. Their value is estimated at
$7,603,700. During the year, 2,129
acres of land under water were leased
for this industry, making a total OF
10000 acres within the State on
which oysters are cultivated .-Recrea.
tion. d
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06
To a Girl.
1 know what is the object
Of that little sigh.

TO Girl.
l know what is the object
OF that little sigh,
And why the secret languor
That turks within your eye.
You smile? You'll learn some morning
Sweet maid, why this is so
Perchance you now suspect it,
I know!
know what things You dream of,
And what you see in sleep;
Writ on the brow the secrets
read. that you would keep!
You smile? You'll learn some morning.
Sweet maid, why this is so;
Perchance you now suspect it,
knOWi
I know your daughters reason,
And why you weep apart;
I penetrate the mystery
OF your woman's heart!
You smile? You'll learn some morning.
Sweet maid, why this is so;
What. feeling, you know naught of
1. past all feeling, know!
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06
A Fair EXCHANGE.

Mrs. Stuckup Ito dear friend)-
Have you any cards to change, dear?
Dear Friend-What do you mean,
post cards?
Mrs. Stuckup-No, visiting cards.
Dear Friend-I don't understand.
Mrs. Stuckup-Why, for the card
bowl in the drawing room, of course.
I've got duplicates of lord and two
baronets, and I'll exchange for
countess or a bishop or anything de-
cent like .that.-Ally Sloper, London.
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nrnN,IzH9P TrN zRS!5P7

like me, who couldn't even boil water
decently."
And Bess took herself off, notwith-
standing Rachel's laughing protests,
and wrote letters until she wearied OF
them, and left the wind to blow them
where it would.
The wind blew one of them down
into the orchard at the side of the
house, where Rachel sat with a dainty
little piece of handwork, while the
low afternoon sun sent pale green
rays through the apple boughs. Rachel
caught it as it flew past her, not
knowing what it was, until her eyes
had swept along several lines.
AMUSED at Rachel, who was al
ways cut out for an old maid, we
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06
.s .3= Senatorial Courtesy.
4 TWAS In the year 1903

: :s& s 2 Senatorial Courfooys 4 ,5%
@ twas In the year 1908. s. & "a
The senator from, Colorado was.
talking on the statehood bill
There came an interruption. e.
The senator from Wisconsin arose
and said: ). -
"Will the gentleman permit me to
ask q question:"
Eyes, If it is germane to the matter
in hand" was the reply.
-, 1T 10, Mr.. President. The question
is this: How long has the distin-
guished senator from Colorado been
speaking on this question:"
'"Three years.
"Then, Mr.. President, I ask unanl.
nous consent to move that he be NJ
lowed six months to finish his
speech"
But the chair refused to entertain
the motion and the senator from Col
orado went on talking.
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06
Something in That.

II suppose every man hates to see
his wife get 50 stout that her wedding
gown won't fit her."
Eyes; but there's some satisfaction
in.the apparent fact that he's provided
her with enough to eat."-Philadelphfa
Press
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06
Doafish a Divine Judgment.

The Cornish fishermen attribute
the prevalence Of dogfish on the shore
grounds; as a judgment on the people
for permitting artists to paint the sea-
scape on the Sabbath .-.'E%N ~
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06
"How can you stand IT." asked Bes

don't know how mortified l was-"
Bess broke into a laugh.
"Oh, you deceitful mink" she cried.
"You and Brother John made it up
between you, know-luring him out
there where he could see our careful
Martha with her sleeves rolled up.
conducting herself as a busy house
wife should. And this to man who
has been living in a boarding house!
No wonder he fell prey to your art
full devices! Well, when he comes
this evening, shall make myself duly
scarce. After falling in love with the
Model Woman, as set forth in my
sister Rachel, he would not even
deign to look at useless creature
The Cook County herald., 1905-05-06

the charge he took everything back
about the end of the world and all
that, and. so far as know, is living
to-day.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-04
ERECT BIG BUILDINGS
Northern Pacific Plans cxten,,v..
prOV&mentS at Seati,e N.

Seattle, Feb. 27.-The No,,h.
cific Railway company announoa "a
it will Immediately begin the cors va.
tion of eight six-story buildino. ''oe'
occupying half block, all to h. zach
ed on the railroads property b0, erect
in the heart CT the wholesale S;ua
of this city. The improvement tlc.
cost 81, 100000 VIII
The company is just comnlss,
large wholesale block from tho .
plans as will be used in the nroo 'aae
buildings, and the quickness FUSED 's
which all the space was leased h. "Aa
suited in the new plans. ~
Each building will cost about ,a..
600. Work on two will begin v s.Sv
two weeks and the others will be a'4
ed during the coming summer "
will be adapted for the WHOLESALE az
jobbing business and will replace =, aua
story wooden buildings. Six ~ :.
new blocks will occupy land AZ ~
foot of Madison, Columbia and Sr,;
streets, adjacent to Railroad avsnu
which will give excellent track fsa;s
ties.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-04
WASHINGTON NEWS

Seattle police are arresting clairvoy-
ants as Migrants.
Hiram s. Stevens, the we'll known
hotel man of Seattle, is dead.
The old Pierce county count house
at Tacoma has been sold to j. S. Ba-
ker for $45, 900.
A Grand Army post has been or
ganized at Orchard, in Clarke county,
with a mem bership of fifteen.
Seattle bowlers were defeated for
the Rocky Mountain sweepstakes at
the American bowling congress at
Milwaukee.
Peaches and pears in the Walla Wal
la valley are said to have suffered con-
sidera BILE damage from the recent cold
weather.
The collector of customs at Port
Townsend has been uphelu in the mat
ter of assessing tonnage tax on the
steamship Minnesota.
A first dividend of % per cent in ia
vor of the creditors of the failed Big
Bend National bank, Of Davenport, on
claims amounting to $414,268, has
been declared by the comptroller OF
the currency.
The executive committee of the
Washington State Elks' Association
has changed the date for the 1906
meeting from February 81 and % to
some time in June, although the exact
two days have not been named.
Lind comes forward with a record
of four marriages in three days last
week.
High water on Goose creek caused a
shutdown of the Wilbur light plant last
week.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Hotel Columbia property at Van
couver.
The nti-scalping ordinance of the
city of Spokane has been declared valid
by the superior court of that city.
Miss Helen Stewart Wilson, daugh-
ter of ex-senator Wilson, of Seattle,
has been selected by Gov. Mead as
sponsor for the new armored cruiser
Washington, to be launched at Cam
den, N. j., March IS.
A large force Of men has been put
to work on the Yacolt branch of the
Northern Pacific running out of Van
couver. Most of the men are Greeks
and were recently imported from Cal
ifornia, where they were formerly en-
ployed Oh the Southern Pacific.
The Edmunds secession agitation
has now been taken into the superior
court at Everett. On petition Of N. P.
N. Otto, of Edmunds, Judge Black has
signed an alternative writ of man.
damus directing the county commits
sioners either to call special election
to vote on the secession question, or to
appear in court March II and show
cause why no such action should be
| taken.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-04
TUNNEL UNDER ALPS,
sig Bore Connecting SwitzerI,,.
and Italy Completed.

and Italy Completed.
Condo, Switzerland, Feb. :,
Piercing Of the Simplon tunnel thru,
the Alps has been completed IL.
work was commenced in 1898.
The meeting of the two boring no,
ties-Swiss and Italian-was siepsla
throughout Switzerland by ringing a,
church bells and salutes by cannon
Many unexpected obstacles were an
countered, the most serious being M,
springs which threatened to wreck ths
whole enterprise, and a temperstu,.
which at one time rose to lSl degrees
Fahrenheit, making a continuance !,
the work impossible until the eppio,
GERS found means Of cooling the tenn.
perature.
Now that the borers have met il
will enable the water accumulated in
the north gallery to be drawn off. Tia
work of preparing the tunnel for
permanent railway will be rushed a
rapidly as possible, and it is hoped 10
inaugurate the tunnel about March 20.
The piercing of the Simplon tunnel
is regarded as one of the greatest en-.
cheering achievements of the age.
Many difficulties were encountered
and overcome. The length of the tun.
mel from Briga, Switzerland, to Isells,
on the Italian side of the mountain, is
about twelve miles. Work was begun
over seven years ago, and according to
contract must be ready for traffic on
May 10 next. The Swiss and Italian
governments jointly financed the III.
dertaking, share and share alike, at a
cost of SIS. 1000, 900. As soon as the
boring is thoroughly completed and
the track laid, a smaller tunnel is to
be constructed, parallel to the large
one, which will be increased in size 70
as to permit of traffic both ways at the
same time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-04
JUDGE SWAYNe ACQUITTED.
impeachment Proceedings Against
Him Fail.

Washington, Feb. 28.-The senate
yesterday concluded the impeachment
trial of Judge Swayne by acquitting
him on all the charges made against
him in the articles of impeachment
presented by the house, and then passed
the naval appropriation bill.
The voting on the Swayne case be-
gan at 1880 O'Clock and continued un-
til ll:45. There was no discussion,
all the time being consumed in taking
the twelve votes necessary to dispose
OF each of the articles. The highest
vote for impeachment was 35 votesand
the lowest against was AZ. On the
two articles charging the use of pri-
vate railroad cars, only 13 votes were
cast for conviction.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-04
BIG WHARVES DESTROYED.
New Orleans Wafer Front Suffers
Heavy Damage.

New Orleans, La. Feb. 27.-Fin
inv diving millions of dollars loss in
property and that strike serious i
temporary blow at the immense export
trade of New Orleans, swept the river
front last night and wiped out the vast
freight terminals of the Illinois Gen.
trail, known as the Stuyvesant DOCKS
Nearly a dozen squares of modern
wharves and freight sheds, two mag.
niflcent grain elevators, hunderds Oh
loaded grain cars and vast quantities
of freight, including 10000 bales o.
cotton, were destroyed, together Wild
a large number of small residence
The ocean going shipping seems
have escaped serious damage.
The damage is at this time roughly
estimated at So, 100000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-04
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots +. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice:
Grain-Oats, $26. 5O@27 per ton;
barley az. 5O@23 per ton wheat, chicken
feed, % 80 per ton; bran, $40; shorts,
$20@21; corn, $25.
Hay-Eastern w ashington, $16@17h,
per ton; Puget sound, $11@12; alfalfa,
&1O@11.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, II.
Poultry-Live hens, 12@12kc per
ID; old roosters, loo; ducks, 12@12k;
geese, &c; springs, 1870.
Live Stock-Choice beef cattle.
COWS, 2ko per 10; steers, sA@Skc;
sheep, $40; hogs, 5000; dressed
calves, 1900; live, 5@6c.
Hides, Pelts and Wool-Heavy and
sailed steers, over 60 pounds, $40 per
ID; medium, sound, &c; light, sound,
60; COWS, sound, all weights, So; stays,
bulls and oxen, $40; sailed kips, Sc I;
calves, 9@10c; culls 10 less than
sound; green hides 10 less than sailed ;
dry hides, 11@15c; dry culls, one-third
less; sheep pelts, 25c@1.25 each
shearlings, 10000 each; Eastern
Washington wool, 11@16c per Id;
Western Washington wool, 10000;
dirty or timber stained, 1e@1So; tai.
low, K@4c; grease, 1H@2o.
Tacoma Quotations
Wheat-Bluestem No l, 92c; club
No. l, SO.
Livestock-steers, 4@41kc per Id;
COWS, s@sAo; hogs, sL@sAo; sheep,
5@5Lc.
Poultry = Turkeys, dressed, ssc:
chickens, spring, dressed, 100; ducks,
dressed, loo; geese, dressed, loo. Live
Hens, lao ;ducks, lao; geese, 12oh :
turkeys. 100; spring chickens, 40:
squads, $s.50@s.
Observation-Disclosures creamery. $40:
ranch, 15@18o.
Eggs-I7c.
Oats-$27@29; rolled oats, $S9@SO.
Hay, Alfalfa, etc-Wheat hay.
$1s.60@14.60; timothy SIT .OO@1S. SO:
mixed, $1S.60@15; Glover, $4,000
1850; alfalfa, t11.60@12.OO; Puget
sound$1s@14.
Feed-Corn, $685.; wheat, $50: bar.
Icy, whele grain, $ss; relied, ga. so:
bran, 5000 Shorts. e2103s.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-04
In Favor of Roth Land Bills.

Olympia, Feb. 2s.-After a some
what stormy session last night, the
house joint committees of granted
lands and judiciary voted to recon-
mend for passage the three bills intro
duced by Representative Roth last
week relating to all the states imber,
arid, tide, oyster and other lands. A
majority of the committee will submit
u report recommending the Roth mea-
sure, while the minority will ask that
the bills be indefinitely postponed.
Members Of the committee state that
the vote was almost evenly divided,
and it is certain that fight will result
when the bills are taken up for con-
sideration by the house.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-04
milwaukee EXTENSIONS.
Believed, Despite D6niaIs, Coas' u
tension Is Planned.

Chicago, Feb. 28.-A special Oh
patch from Sioux City, Iowa, says W.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rSr
road will be ready in few days 70 ~
nounce plans for Pacific coast es'eI
sion from Cham berlain, S. ID. fls.
dent A. j. EARRING denied the rep"'
last night in Chicago.
A. v. Adams, Of Milwaukee, Se''s
tary Of the railway company, ms u's
in Sioux City a week working on .u.n
after, according to the dispatch WIZ
no mint of the details Of the pian
given at this time, the announcem',a
is expected to set aside all douos ~
the intention of the company 10 ~
on the coast at once.
The surveys from Chamberiain .,.
Seattle are said to have been comp COMP.
ed, having been in process OF prep''
ton for five years.