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The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

when she disappeared. They say there
was an explosion as she went down.
There may have been; but all I can
tell you is that neither I nor my two
mates saw or heard anything of the
kind. It was a shocking job for lne
suddenness of it; one instant a big,
cleaning boat buzzing through a race
of foam, the next a blank sea with
four men struggling in it,
"Our punt, great heavy boat, six
teen feet long, and weighing three
quarters of ton, if an ounce, lay on
her bilge along the fore part of the
deck, up against the bulwark. To-have
unshipped the gangway and slid her
out in our usual fashion would have
meant time. I dropped the helm, and
ran forward, crying out to my mates,
who were silent and pale as death,
Out boat to save life, for Gods sake!!'
However we did it shall never under
stand to my dying day. We must have
had the strength Of giants given us
for the occasion. But in less time
than it takes me to tell you about it
we had shouldered up that heavy punt
until her keel rested on the bulwark
rail, and then ran her sheer over
board. We we're well night being in
too much hurry, for nobody thought
of making her fast. Luckily, I saw
that. the end Of her chain painter
traw1ers always tow their boats with
q chain painter hanging over
her bows, and Just managed to grab
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19
1859 RECORD. HOLDS. IS
VOYAGE OF CLIPPER DREAD
NAUGHT. NEVER EoUALED. s .3
Capt. samueIs' Exploit Far Greater
Than the Recent Triumph of Capt.
earr-veteran Is in Favor Of Time
Allowance. -

Now that the Apache has passed the
Lizard, Capt. Samuel Samuels sug-
gests that the race for the German en-.
peror's cup was mo great shakes in
point of speed, says the New York
Commercial. Everybody in the New
York shipping world knows Capt. Sam
uels. Not to know him argues oneself
unknown. Since the days when Capt.
Ambrose Snow used to adorn the ban
quets of the marine society with his
presence and his speeches., Capt. Sam
uels has held the post of patriarch
among those of us who go down to the
sea, in ships. He is admiral of the
fleet, retired.
If he has done the role of Capt.
Cutie occasionally, who will quarrel
with him? He is a philosopher, and
a philosopher may select any medium
of disseminating wisdom. Be it under
stood that he is not behind his age in
the science of navigation merely be-
cause he sailed a clipper ship Dread
naught more than half a century ago.
No other American has kept sharp
er eye upon shipping developments
in the interval than he.
Capt. Samuels and the Dreadnaught
in 1859 made better time than Capt.
Barr and the Atlantic in 1905. This is
a matter of history. The exploits of
the "wild boat of the Atlantic,'' as his
ship was known to the superstitious
tars of her day, are written in the
chronicles of Gotham Her nine days
and seventeen hours between New
York and Queenstown was a much
sprightlier performance than Bars
twelve days, four hours and three
minutes between New York and the
Lizard.
A wonderful creature was the Dread.
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The Drum in Warfare

Berteaux, minister of war of France,
intends to- suppress drums in the
French army. Faure-Biguet sustains
his decision with the remark:
''The drum in modern armies is an
anachronism and should be abolished
in spite of the sentimental pang it's
disappearance may cause"
American military authorities do not
agree with Berteaux, and it is doubtful
if the military authorities at Washing
ton would ever consent to the drum
being taken out of the service of our
national army.
Col. Stuart of the Second Illinois
says:
"Take the drum from American SOL
diers! Why not play Hamlet then
without Hamlet, or give us Scottish
songs without Burns? The drums and
bugles are inspirations.
Lawrence LIE Bron, Grant and Sher-
mans private scout through the Vicks-
burg campaign and now with the Chi
cago postofice, said:
"I am of French descent. My grand
father was general of Napoleon the
Great. l fought in our civil war. I
know what the drum means to tired
and hungry men. Often bugles cannot
be heard, but the drum-its ra-ta-ta-tat
that goes everywhere.
"You remember the old lines of
Agincourt:
They now to fight are gone; armor on
arnlOr ShOne;
Drum now to drum did groan,
To hear was wonder.
"The drum gives the dying new life,
the faint-hearted new courage and to
us of the Grand Army of the Republic
it is the last music above our graves
entered battle. No-France may give
up the drum, but not the United
States."
Byron says: "The beat of the alarm
ing drum reused up the soldier ere the
morning STAR" while Hamlet NUT
tered: "Give me the cups; and let the
kettle to the trumpet speak.
And none can forget the stirring
lines of Whitman in his "Drum-Taps':
Oh, a strange hand writes for our dear
O stricken mothers soul!
All swims before her eyes-flashes with
black
She catches the main words only;
Sentences broken-gunshQt wound in the
breast,
Cavalry skirmish. taken to hospital
At present low, but soon will be better.
The drum was used in Egypt 1000
years before Christ. The tympanum
of the Greeks and Romans resembled
small kettle drum. From India the
use of drums spread westward, being
introduced into Europe either by the
Moors or through the Crusades.
In France for centuries the instru-
ment has been one of the most effec-
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naught. Longfellow, who saw her once
off Nantucket under royals, called her
white eagle skimming the wave"
Mayne Reid got inspiration for tale
from her dashing runs; John Boyle
O'Reilly used to toast her memory at
clambakes, and there was a. British
consul, friend of Robert Louis Ste-
venson, who persuaded that novelist
to promise to put the Dreadnaught in
a story of castaways on the island of
Terre del Fuego, off whose dismal
shores she met her fate in 1869.
Meanwhile Capt. Samuels-of the
same stuff as John Paul Jones of the
Bon Homme Richard-rises to observe
that there can be no fair racing be-
tween unevenly matched vessels with
out time allowance. Some landsmen
will agree with him, even If all sea-
men DON'T :.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19
SOWING Flower Seed.

Those who have flower seeds tc
SOW would find the sowing of then
under glass satisfactory, should they
have the convenience for it. Many OF
these seeds are very fine, and wher
sewed outdoors, heavy rains and many
other things interfere with their ger
mination. When under glass it is
nearly always ones own fault if 6
crop of seedlings is not raised. Small!
boxes, of a depth of three inches, with
holes in the bottom, to let drain Of
superfiuous water, are the best to use
The soil should be fine, made so by
Sitting, if necessary, so that when
the seedlings need transplanting each
plant can be lifted out without great
disturbance of the others.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19
Homemade Water Wheel.

1 have made very, simple water
wheel with which l force water, by
means of force pump a distance of
1900 feet, with an elevation of sixty
five feet.
The fumes through which the
water flows to the wheel is 16 feet
long, three feet wide at the intake,
and two feet wide at the outlet, it is
Is inches deep and has a fall of 80
inches. The water enters the hume
three inches deep. At the outlet of
the 1ume have a homemade wheel
resembling the works of a churn. The
sides Of the flume carry the wheel,
which runs the pump which forces the
water from q spring to my house at
distance and elevation already men
tioned.-W. H. H., in Montreal Her
aid. I:z. ~: i EsE s.#s' - Z +. ]
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TINY BURGLAR Alarm.

portable, readily adjustable burg
lar alarm of miniature dimensions,
which also acts as safety latch to
temporarily battle the intruder, is a
novelty disclosed by a recent patent.
A wedgelike base plate of solid con-
struction carries spring-actuated
alarm bell. The under surface of the
base plate is furnished with sharp,
strong studs, extending rear-wardly to
prevent the alarm sliding when an at
tempt is made to open the door. In
use the alarm is placed in close prox-
unity to the door, window or the like,
with the thin edge of the block under
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What Senator Frye's Note Lacked.

What Senator Frye's Note Lacked.
When Senator Frye was chairman
of the school committee at Lewiston,
Me-, he and the other members of the
committee were examining applicants
to fill vacancy in one of the schools.
The following note was written on the
blackboard:
''Lewiston, Me-, Sept. 40, -. Four
months after date promise to pay
John Jones $100 at per cent. inter-
est. William P. Frye"
The young ladies were asked if the
note were negotiable. Various opin-
ions were expressed until one of the
ladies very emphatically said it was
not.
'sWhat change is necessary" asked
the senator. ~, r. -. ,. ~
!, ! '.The signature of another person" :"
was the quick response {s~ - g.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19
Summer Stew.

Cut two pounds of the best end O,
neck of lamb into meat chops, melt
one ounce of dripping in a pan, FRY
two sliced onions in it till Of pale
brown color, add one ounce of flour
and a half pint of stock or water,
stir till they boil, put in the chops three
leaves of mint and little salt and
pepper. Cook them slowly for one
hour then three pounds new potatoes
scraped and sliced, cook for half an
hour longer Serve hot with a thick
border Of cooked peas ;5.,15 ,'s s{{5s IS &
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the edge of the door, or moving mem
bers. Any attempt to open the door
causes the block to slide rear-wardly
and so release the trigger of the bell,
sounding an alarm. Further attempt
ed forcing only results in the door
becoming firmly jammed, or wedged,
the strong solid back effectively re-
sisting opening of the door without
actual destruction of the woodwork.
So long as the door is being pushed
the alarm continues to ring, and if
firmly wedged it will not cease until
released.
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| tive in the army. In this country it
has been used by all military compa-
nies since the founding of the colonies.
Just how it affects men in battle is,
we'll expressed in words of Gen. Chat
fee in one of his articles on the Cuban
campaign in which he said:
Music of any kind has a wonderful
effect on the morale of men going into
battle. The long roll of the drums, the
blare of the trumpets, the music of a
band are reviving. Men who have
hitherto hesitated gain new courage.
and the regiments swing into their
work strong with valor''
1t was Donahue of the Third, at
Bear Paw, who answered the drum as
only man can do when reused to his
highest pitch All day in the second
battle of the Bear Paw two companies
of the Third had battle with Indians
intrenched in the rocks, and during
the hours here and there men had
gone down biting the hot sands in the
agony OF death.
Toward evening it looked as if the
Third was whipped. Donahue of A
company was down with a hole in his
side, and his lips frothed with red.
Cameron, the captain, was trying to,
rally his men for final charge across
the open of the plain and into the
rocks. BY his side rode Caytron, drum
mer, and general scamp of A.
Mounted on yellow cayuse, his
drum Tapping dismally against his.
beasts neck, Caytron had done little
that day to distinguish himself. But
now he out with his sticks and beat
the charge-beat it like a demon, and
Donahue, slipping down into the valley
of death, heard the song of the drum
Donahue, who had been ten years in
the ranks.
He staggered to his feet and was
into the saddle as if the gaping wound
did not hurt. Saber in one hand, pis-
tol in the other, he let out a frightful
yell and rode straight for the rocks, A
and B after him, like madmen. Ah,
that was sight to see! Cameron was
swept to one side by the rush, but
Donahue and Caytron rode side by side.
and the drum rolled and walled and
echoed until canyon and gut took up
it's notes and repeated them far up the
yellow of the sky.
Thus A and. B won that bitter day.
and in the evening those who survived
picked up Donahue dead on .the rocks
and scampy Caytron, dead beside him,
and brought in the drum unharmed.
They put the cOlOrs about it, and the
next morning when all the waste land
was sweet with the freshness of the
dawn they laid the two men in their
last resting place, while Cameron, cap-
tain, sounded:
'Taps."-H. I. C. in Chicago Post
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Plan Irrigation in Canada.

BY means of irrigation Canadian
railway officials propose to reclaim
1000 farms of 100 acres each before
the end of the present year. They
have undertaken to irrigate between
100000 and 100000 acres between
Calgary and Medicine Hat, utilizing
the Bow and Red Deer Ivers as the
source Of water supply. The work of
making canals where the water is
most needed has already begun, and
the main channel, close to Calgary,
partly cut last year, is to be carried
twenty miles farther this year. This
channel is sixty feet wide and carries
ten feet Of water, while the secondary
canals, planned to be cut the coming
season, will water something over
100000 acres.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19
Sinking Of Submarine

f,+ ,
The Plymouth trawler Chanticleer,
the crew of which rescued th9 four
survivors of the recent submarine dis
aster, has returned from her fishing
cruise, having been absent since the
work of rescue was so admirably car
ried out. The crew consists of the
master, Richard Johns, the two deck
hands, Edward Knox and James Phil
lips. In an interview at Plymouth
with a representative of the London
Standard the master gave his account
OF the disaster. 1t contains much that
is both new and striking.
when I first saw the submarines" +"
said Mr.. Johns, "the two of them were
following the torpedo boat in line
on end, the three vessels being about
a hundred fathoms apart. How fast
they were going I shouldn't like to
say, but it was certainly at a high
rate OF speed. The torpedo boat was
kicking up a white smother under her
counter, and the submarines were
tearing through it in perfect sluice
of foam
"There was a lieutenant on the cone
Of the sternmost submarine, No. A 8.
I could spot him by the two gold
rings round his cuff. I take it that he
saw he could not cross our bows, and
decided to change direction so as to
pass under our stern. Anyhow, he
called something down below. These
h0ofc cfn kxy
a wheel placed down close under the
coming tower. The helmsman cannot
see where he is going, but can only
obey instructions. The craft was so
close to us at this moment that we
could plainly hear the quick champ
ing of her motor and the noise of the
water parted by the thrust of her
hidden bow
I'VE three men, who saw the acci-
dent happen under our very nose. are
all agreed as to exactly how it came
about. The submarine was going very
fast, as have told you. She looked
we'll trimmed, and was going along
on a level keel, though perhaps just
little deep, which am told was due
to her carrying a double crew. When
the lieutenant shouted below to
change course-so as to clear our YES
sci, as 1 allow-the man at the wheel
must have spun his helm hard over
The boat came curving round in a
hiss of white froth, and began in
stantly to heel over. You must have
noticed that if the helm of a steam
launch or any high speed small craft
throw her broad on her side. I have
several times seen naval picket boats
almost capsized in Plymouth Sound
by this same cause.
''Well, as say, the submarine came
swerving around in way that
brought my heart into my throat. The
lieutenant saw what was going to
happen; never a doubt Of it. I heard
him roar out in a startled voice, 'D-n
it, man, what are you doing? You'll
have us all over!' Then, second
later, voice that sounded as shrill
as a woman's shrieked out, oh, she's
gone!'
''The submarine rolled right over,
until her cone was fiat on the water,
and her bow rose up till we could see
the stem. The four men were simply
flung off her deck as she went rearing
on; then there came strange, Sob
bing sound, and all of sudden she
had vanished. You may believe that
every word I am telling you is hea-
ven's truth when say that the SUBJ
marine was no more than fifteen
yards away from our port quarter
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

Emperor Menellk Of Abyssinia is
said to have discarded his crown for
an American hat, but he hasn't yet
acquired our habit of talking through
1t.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

Down in New Jersey a Judge has de-
cided that a man must pay the bills
contracted by his wife before their
marriage. If this kind of law holds
good some cautious men will insist
hereafter in having look at the re-
ceipts before starting for the church
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

Perhaps Lord Curzon's Independent
attitude and readiness to resign as
viceroy of India is due to the fact
that he will still have that bully good
job as warden of the Cinque Ports
to fall back on.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

President Wheeler Of the University
of California advises everybody to
lead the abundant life" Everybody
would like to and would, too, if money
weren't so blamed scarce.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

At banquet in honor of Whitelaw
Reid in London. Sir Henry Irving read
a poem composed for the occasion by
Sir Alfred Austin. Otherwise it ap-
pears to have been a rather cheerful
affair."
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

In St. Louis few days ago a man
and woman were married on a mer-
ry-go-round while it was in operation.
Later they will be likely to take matri-
mony more seriously.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

A Chicago woman wants a divorce
because her husband developed a
tendency to take an actress on tours
in his automobile. She must be in a
terrible hurry, or have cause to know
that he is an unusually careful man at
the wheel.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

A Boston editor is writing editorials
on advice to College Graduates" :"
Next thing you know that man will
be nervy enough to attempt to control
his Office boy.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

The London scientist who evoked
life from sterilized bouillon by putting
in some radium has only proved that
he didn't sterilize the bouillon CON-
pletely.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

Washington says the brewers,
through increased taxes, are to pay
for digging the Panama canal. And
through the increased thirst produced
by digging it, they'll sell enough extra
beer to fill it.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

Sunday is a day of rest, but just
the same, the recorders of facts al
ways prepare for a big grist of auto
mobile, boat, bathing, trolley and ac-
cidents. We rest strenuously.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

A Tennessee congressman has been
arrested because he got into a fight
over laundry bill. Down with the
heather Chinee and let us insist on
the open door.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

A passing glance at M. Nelidotf's
whiskers will be enough to convince
some people that Russia is going to
get the worst of it.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

Radium, according to an English
scientist, contains the secret of life.
But the spunky thing refuses to d.
vulge the secret.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

In addition to its other Objectionable
qualities the seventeen-year locust la
bors under the hallucination that it
can sing.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

1t is charged against the seventeen
year locust that it sometimes gets it's
dates mixed and comes out ahead of
time.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

Every once. in while Canadian
court finds a spare moment in which
to enter some different kind of ruling
In the Gaynor-G Greene case.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

That man in New York with two
hearts ought to be a winner all right,
providing he centers them both on
the same girl.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19
Coin-Sortinu Machine.

The trite saying that necessity is
the mother of invention" may be re-
peated once more in connection with
the coin sorting machine shown here
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

With the sultan Of Morocco himself
taking hand by granting concessions,
the Franco-Deutsch muddle becomes
even more interesting.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

There Is no slackening Of the en-
ergy with which the reckless chauf
feur contributes to the mortality sta
ustics.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

The Chicago Chronicle says the
Turk is nice man-when he is asleep
but it is more famous saying that
mo man is a saint in his Sleep
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

They must be still little shy on
statesmen in Spain, since they have
to put Gen. Weyler into a cabinet job.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

We often wonder if those Ole philos-
ophers had any business other than
that of thinking for living.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

The sweet girl graduate will con-
tinue to be sweet for three or four
years, at least.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19
Last years bathing suits are being
worn shorter. They shrank. -

You cannot always tell what man
means by quoting the bad things he
says.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

A new $40 bill is going to be put into
circulation and lots Of people will
never know the difference.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-19

Twelve adult New Workers lunched
on one hard-boiled egg. Miracle? No.
Ostrich. .~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
SPARROW GOOD SAMARITAN
How Two of Them Did Kind Act by
Feeding Little Robin
Wait,

The sparrow has never been noted for
it's good works and kind deeds, but Samuel
T. Fox, the well-known real estate man,
says the Philadelphia Record, relates an
experience that throws an entirely new
light on the character of the little scrap
per. Mr. Fox lives in Tioga and the
other evening just about dusk he discov-
cred a young robin floundering about
his lawn. 1t was unable to fly and had
evidently fallen from it's nest. Fearing
that the cats might devour it in the
night, Mr.. Fox took the bird to the rear
of his yard, where he had a couple of
guinea pigs in an Enclosure completely
covered with finelywoven wire screen.
He carefully placed the young robin in
the pen, intending to liberate it in tha
morning. While dressing the next
morning he looked out of his window
and was amazed at the actions of a.
couple of sparrows, who were carrying
worms to the young robin in the In
closure. They would fly away, only to
return few moments later with worms,
which they proceeded to drop through
the screen into the upturned mouth OF
the captive. They kept this perform
ance up until the robin was liberated and
even then they continued to hover
around like self-constituted guardians.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-09
Flowers and Plumaee.

When combination of tints is re-
quired,: plumage is generally resorted
to, flowers of a different color from the
hat shape being mostly reserved for
trimming under the brim For this
purpose, pink or yellow roses are
often chosen, and also white and palest
pink camelias, with their own green
leaves. A somewhat daring harmony
consists in the choice of two long os-
trich tips, one of a bright rose pink,
the other brilliant copperish red, as
trimming for cigar-brown felt.
have also seen a dark moss green felt
hat trimmed with three tips, one tur-
quoise blue, another saffron yellow and
the third lighter moss-green shade.
In both cases the feathers were fas-
tened in front of the crown so as to
curve slightly forward over the brim,
which was turned up in front and fat
tened down behind. The brown hat
had liberty ribbon to match, bound
round the base of the crown, crossed
at the back, where the ends passed
through Sits in the felt, to be knotted
together lower down and hang in
streamers over the shoulders. - Mil
linery Trade Review.