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The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Narrow Escape From Shark

morsel of plump little darky> boy,
had leaped toward the careened boat
with open mouth. So vigorous was
the sharks leap that as Pedro went
over one side of the boat the shark
Topped in at the other. Not being
used to these surroundings, and miss
ing his prey, he foundered around
until his head bore down the gunwale
and he Slid from the careening boat
into the sea again before the people on
the steamer could fling harpoon at
him. Almost as he disappeared poor
Pedro's head popped up on the oppo-
site side of the boat, and in terrible
fright he clambered into the dingey
again, as thoroughly scared a young
darky as ever had a narrow escape. 81
Had he not thus saved himself from
the maneater, help from the steamer
would have been necessary, and even
then it Is more than probable that the
boy would not have been saved. This
is a remarkable instance of the feroc-,
ity of shark seeking his prey QUITO
the water.St. Nicholas. L =:55 u: s{5. ~
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Carries His Own Glass.

Give me a glass Of orange phos-
phate,' said the red-faced man.
Then he took tall, thin glass from
his coat pocket and passed it over to
the clerk.
whats that for?" asked the clerk,
ITO put the phosphate in," said the
man. Il can't drink out of your
glasses. sat in a place once where ]
could see you fellows dabble your
spoons and glasses in that little pool
under the counter. That was enough
for me. Since then, when 20 out for
a soda or. phosphate, I take my own
glass along. You needn't be afraid of
it. It is regulation size. 1t won't hold
drop more than your own glasses
The only difference is it is clean
Hurry up, please"
The clerk seemed in doubt, but he
mixed the phosphate. The fastidious
man slipped it with appreciatiye
smacks and glared contemptuously the
while upon the common herd who took
their refreshments from drug store
glasses.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
A Lover of Children.

John F. Doyle of Cincinnati, who is
soon to open Roosevelt Plaza, an
apartment house from which all fami-
lies containing less than five children
will be barred, has the welfare of
children deeply at heart
Mr.. Doyle believes in making Sun
day such day that children will
both like it and keep it sacred.
could there be a more eloquent
attack on the old New England Sun
day." he said recently, than that
which little child once made in
school?'
"This child's teacher said to her:
"'What is the shortest day in the
year, Mary?'
The 21st of December, isn't it?'
the little girl replied.
"'And what is the longest day?' ask
ed the teacher.
without hesitation Mary an
swered:
Sunday" '"-Los Angeles Times.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
An Awful Time.

Hello, Emma" saluted a girl OF
sixteen as she boarded car and took
seat beside girl of about her own
age.
Hello, Clara. Say, Clara, have you
heard the news?"
"Yes; isn't it terrible?"
awful. Could you have imagined
any such thing?"
Never. l was perfectly Mortified -
$50 was I. It will take me a week
to get over 1t.
Does she feel bad?"
"Awful.'
"She must. If it was my case I
think should die
$50 would l."
Excuse me, young ladies'" said an
oldish man in the seat behind them
who had caught every word, ''but it
seems there has been an awful trag.
edy in BROOKLYN"
yves, sir" replied Clara.
"And would you mind giving me
the particulars?"
"Why, some one left the cage door
open and Jennie Scott's parrot has got
out and she don't believe she will
ever see him again." !"-Brooklyn Citi-
zen.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Mighty Force Gathered by kublai
for the Subtugation of tho
Island Empire Annihilated by
Fearful Typhoon.

About 800 years ago Japan was
threatened with an invasion from con-
tinental Asia, much as England was
threatened with Invasion by the Span
iards. The beaten Spanish armada
was dispersed by storm and Japan was
delivered in much the same way, but
without an engagement. A Japanese
writer, Okakura Yoshisabura, says:
"The mighty Kublai, grandson of the
great Genghiz khan, naughty with his
resistless army whose devastating in
trepidity taught even Europe to trem-
BILE at the mention of his name, dis
patched an embassy to the Japanese
court to demand the subsection of
the country. The message was in
dignantly dismissed. Enraged at this,
Kublai equipped a large number OF
vessels with the choicest soldiers
China could furnish. The invading
force was successful at first and COM
mitted massacres in Xxi and Tsushi-
ma, islands lying between Korea and
Japan. The position was menacing:
even the steel nerves of the trained
samurai felt that strange thrill
patriot knows. Shinto priests and
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Divine Storm" Saved japan

Buddhist monks were busy at their
prayers.
"A tremendous Chinese feet gather
ed in the boisterous bay of Genkai
in the summer of 1881. At last the
evening scame with the ominous glow
on the horizon that toretells an ap-
preaching storm. It was the plan of
the conquering army victoriously to
land the next morning on the holy soil
of Kyushu. But during this critical
night fearful typhoon, known to this
day as the divine Storm arose, break
ing the jet-black sky with it's tremen-
dous roar of thunder and bathing the
glittering armor Of our soldiers guard
ing the coastline in white flashes of
dazzling light. The very heaven
and earth shook before the mighty
anger of nature.
Dawn of the next morning saw the
whole fleet of the proud Yuan, that
had darkened the water for miles,
swept completely away into the bot
tomless sea of Genkai, to the great
relief of the horror-stricken populace,
and to the unspeakable disappoint-
ment of our determined soldiers. Out
of the 100000 warriors who manned
the invading ships only three are re-
corded to have survived the destruc-
tion to tell the dismal tale to their
crestfallen great khan!"
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Of Course He Did.

Jimmy (the Chicago kid, visiting
his cousin Erasmus of Boston)-Say
Rassy, did you ever play hockey from
school to go in swimmin' an git licked
when you got home? Gee! ain't it
fun?
Erasmus-lf you mean occasionally
willfully absenting myself from the in.
stitute of learning without the cogniz-
ance of my preceptor or my paternal
guardians, and seeking the shady pool
to indulge in natatorial evolutions
with the resultant chastisement on
my return to the parental roof, l am
ready to admit that l have INDUCED
myself therein, James, much to my
enjoyment, Notwithstanding that the
act was reprehensible lapse from
ty.-Browning's Magazine.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
4 ia pane - Night Attack

. lit is an overwhe helming hlonor ana 5
iresponsi sibility almost too great to lead.
men such as these TO dangers and az
1struction, men to whom ID age 7 ain am
but 9 younger brother, and III point of
experience q mere child. tIs have rot
seven ven in my bag, Honda; take it
out when am gone, ana send it up
to the war fund Office, will you?' Nov
these are my last verses, keep them
for my sake, Oka!' tGood.by,, Tori;
meet you at shokonsha' (the shrine Of
those fallen for the nation and coun-
try). These are bits Of sentences /
catch as pace to and fro in the front
waiting for the signal to advance. It
made me think. I have seen almost
all the important actions since the
war began; yet am here still and
about to lead my trusted and tried
heroes to almost certain annihilation.
"At midnight the men threw off the
winter coats, and white distinguishing
bands were put on the left sleeves in
readiness to move. With drawn
swords the officers lead, with fixed
bayonets the men follow, in our usual
formation. First grenade-men in
line at certain intervals, then the main
body in columns of SKIES with a gren-
ade-man at every few PAGES in the
ranks. And with tremendous yell we
stormed into the earthwork. What
happened I cannot bear to recite. How
many of us returned? A few, a very
few. And the works? Intact still!
AS we receded came the enemy's coun-
ter-attack-the officer in command Of
this section knows his business we'll.
But there is nothing so ridiculously
easy as to- repel a Russian counter-at-
tack"
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
y \ q, EDITo !, 4 DILEMMA.
identity of His Visitor Was q @R cal

Az Well-knoWn New York publisher
has the entr rance to his private office
guarded by one Of his editors, "a small
man, who, as the day wears on, sinks
down in a little heap in his high back.
ed chair under the weight of the man
uscripts he haste read. The publish
er was exceedingly proud Of his
friendship with the late Thomas 3.
Reed, who usually called when he was
in New York. III s7;~,Sl s., = = 60. =
One day the huge form Of the speak.
er OF the House of Representatives
loomed up before the little editor,
with the evident intent of bearing
down upon the private office. %|+.
+. Back" shouted the little editor,
waving a slender arm with much Wig
or. Back! Go back to the ofith and
thend in your card.''
Mr.. Reed paused, inclined his head
to view the obstacle that opposed his
progress and smiled: Then he pom!
derously turned on his heel and did
as he was directed.
or course, the published bustlad
out personally to conduct the great
man into the private office. When his
visitor had departed the publisher
came forth in rage. The little ed"
itor shriveled before him as he began:
You confounded idiot, what do you
mean by holding up Tom Reed in this
fashion? Don't you know he is one of
my Oldest friends? Don't you know
he's at perfect liberty to walk into my
Office at any time without as much as
knocking?"
"Yeth,'' admitted the little editor
feebly.
You do? Then what do you mean
by holding him up and subjecting him
to such discourtesy?"
Il thought he wath DR.. John Hail."
"Dr. John HALL" exclaimed the ex-
asperated publisher. "Dr. John Hall!
Don't you know that DIR. John Hall is
dead?"
"Yeth," returned the little editor
with earnest sincerity. ''That'th what
bothered me-
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
IN AS WEI. .sH HOME.
Picture I 7That WOULD Draw Wanderer5
IL IL 3f f.s. from Gold Mine. & s

Robert Fowler, in recent book,
Beautiful Wales makes this pretty
description Of an old Welsh home:
THE floor. was Of sanded slate flags,
and on them a: long, many-1egged= ta
BILE, an oak settle, a table piano and
l7some Chippendale chairs. There were
also two tall clocks, and they were
the most human clocks I ever met,
for they licked with effort and uneasi-
ness; they seemed to think and sor-s
row over time, as if they caused it.
and did not go on thoughtlessly or i'm
pudently, like most clocks, which are.
insufferab1e; they found the hours
troublesome and, did not twitter me-
chemically over them, and at midnight
the twelve strokes always nearly
ruined them, so great was the effort. s
"On the wall were large portrait
of Spurgeon, several sets of verses,
printed and framed, in memory of
dead members of the family, an alle-
gorical tree Watered by the devil, and
photographs Of a bard. There were
about fifty well-used books near the
fire and two or three men smoking
and one man reading some serious
book aloud by the only lamp; and
white girl was carrying out the weeks
baking of large loaves, fiat fruit tarts
of blackberry, apple and whinberry,
plain golden cakes, large, soft, currant
biscuits and curled oatcakes.
And outside, the noises of west
wind and flooded stream, the whim-
per OF an otter and the long, slow
laugh of an owl; and, always silent,
but never forgotten, the restless,
towering outline of mountain"
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Ruth.

Ruth.
She stood breast high amid the corn
Clasped by the golden light of morn
Like the sweetheart of the sun,
Who many a. glowing kiss had won.
On her cheek an autumn flush,
Deeply ripen'd- such a blush
In the midst of brown was born,
Like red poppies grown with corn.
Round her eyes her tresses fell
Which were blacklist none could TELL
But long lashes veil'd a light,
That had else been all too bright.
And her hat with shady brim,
Made her tressy forehead dim
Praising God with sweetest looks.
Sure said, Heaven did not. mean,
Where I reap, thou should'st but CLEAN
Lay thy sheaf adown and come,
Share my harvest and my home.
Tom Hood
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Manx Laws Seem Strange

tinue two hours, and to be whipped
naked from the waist upward."
Manx deemsters-the high court
judges-are still sworn, as they have
been for hundreds of years, by the fol-
lowing curious oath: "By this book
and the contents thereof, and by the
wonderful works that God hath mir
aculously wrought in the heaven
above and in the earth beneath in six
days and seven nights, do swear that
l will, without respect of favor or
friendship, loss or gain, consanguinity
or affinity, envy or malice, execute the
laws of this isle justly between party
and party as indifferently as the her
ring backbone doth lie in the midst
of the fish. So help me God and the
contents of this book"
Every woman, widow or spinster in
the Isle of Man. whether she be owner.
occupier or even lodger, enjoys the
franchise for the Manx House of Keys
elections. Every widow enjoys half
Of her husbands personal estate and
has life interest in his real estate,
and she cannot be deprived of this by
Will. Her written consent must be OBJ
tained to all transfers and deeds af-
fecting her husbands property. On
the other hand, no married wo1ff4n
can legally own in her own right
either money or property in the Isle
Of Man: she can have no separate es-
tate unless specially provided before
marriage.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
SC /! E "a ER S n EES
cEtENTs ALLED n ON TO PAY
,s35sH QUEER CHARGES @ :
According AS tos London Newspaper
III Gratitude Is Not 4 Striking Feature
:. in the Makeup Of English Pieaders
\ It the Bar of Justice. 5 = II. ,s -, * *

Some curious evidence was recently
given in case which turned on a
solicitors charge, one witness testify
ing that the. man Of law had remarked
that ''winks would have to be paid
for. says Stray Stories, London. 4
{ That some very curious items are
found occasionally in a solicitors bill
of costs was amply borne out by a
legal gentleman whom a representa-
tive of this paper recently consulted
on the subject. :.....
\ "A managing clerk who was once
in my employment" began the man of
law, "made such a favorable impress
sion on a client that one day the latter
showed his appreciation of my clerks
efforts on his behalf by incontinently
taking off valuable diamond pin he
was wearing and presenting it to him.
That unconscionable clerk of mine
actually made a charge for receiving
it., as follows:
90 TO attending you: Long and spe-
cial interview, when you presented me
with your diamond pin, $685.
"A certain firm of solicitors, with
Offices not many hundred yards from
where we are sitting now, were con-
Quoting a case for a very impecunious
client who was laying claim to large
sum of money.
Thanks to his legal advisers, he
eventually obtained possession of the
amount, but in the meantime he was
practically supported by his solicit
ors. When their bill was presented it
was a study. But the champion item
was this:
"To attending you when you re-
Quested the loan of four cents, in or
der to pay your omnibus fare to
Hampstead, where you were to meet
relative, $1.65; to advance, cents.
''Here is a pendant to the story of
the greedy clerk, the grateful client
and the diamond pin. It is absolutely
incredible, but at the same time abso-
lutely true. 1t concerns another CRATE
full client, who was so overjoyed at
winning case that he invited his
solicitor to most gorgeous dinner to
celebrate the victory.
'"The food, the wines, the cigars
and other concomitants were of the
finest and most expensive kinds and a
most enjoyable dinner was followed
by a box at the theater.
However, all through the festivi-
ties the man of law kept a keen eye
on his business interests, for in his
bill, there subsequently appeared the
amazing items:
To attending you at dinner, $1.65:
to attending you at theater, $1.65.'
History does not record what the
grateful client said when he perused
the BILL
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Surprise for Isl" ShurtIeff.

To Josiah .Shurtleff, who. among his
friends. is known as "Si," came the
following interesting but embarrassing
experience:
1t was during the first term of Mr..
Shurtleff's service on the Revere
school board, and the occasion was his
visit to first grade in a primary
school. The teacher was hearing a
reading class. The first sentence of
the lesson was as follows: "Oh, fie,
what sly boy you are!"
Turning to one small boy, who
eager, she said: Daniel, you
may read"
Whereupon the lad, in a piping
voice, read this somewhat startling
statement: "Oh, 81, what fly boy
you are!"-Boston Herald.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
The Patient Waiter.

Bishop Ellison Capers, in an ad-
dress at Columbia, S. v., praised the
virtue Of patience.
I'VE may have industry" he said,
"sobriety, ambition--all the virtues
that make for success; and yet with
out patience we will accomplish moth
ing,
"A young man was overheard on a.
street corner, the other night, re-
preaching young girl. That young
man was patient. He had so highly
developed this excellent quality that
shall not be surprised some day to-
see him millionaire, a college presi-
dent, or even a bishop.
"The young man said, as the young.
girl drew near him, on the corner
What time you have kept me
waiting
The girl tossed her head.
ut is only O'clock she said, and
didn't promise to be here till quar-
ter Of
|*The young man smiled calm and
patient smile.
"'Ah, yes, he said, but you have
mistaken the day. l have been wait
ing for you since last evening""
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Young Lieut. enant az ellis s3of Lead
N ins His Men ii Desperate
], N Assault Upon ~ Strong Rus.
ri sian EarthworIk. sat5 II f53t. 4 #5z 1. j.

Lieut.. To'utaro Oshio, a Japanese
officer, gives the following description.
Of an attack on Russian works during
the battle Of Mukden: "At the sugges-
ton of an officer of the staff corps we.
volunteered to rush the works the
same night. Men came to their Off
GERS and begged to let them 60 and fill
up the trenches with their corpses, SO
that others following them might
walk over their bodies into the de-
fenses. At the mems earnest request
a deputation of officers and men was
sent to the divisional commander, who
gave them the requested permission,
not without some hesitation. All the
unwounded Of our company offered
themselves to man, and formed up
in fact. they all offered themselves:
but we were compelled to take only
the unwounded. The men of the Kes-
sitai formed up in a square, each man
with tumbler full of water, to drink:
to the long parting-a parting after
which they might never meet again.
Gen. Tachimi uncorked some wine and
himself poured just a drop into each
mans glass, shaking hands with each.
Holding his glass aloft, he said: Cen
tlemen; I have not much to say to you
tonight. You know well the desper-
ate nature of your undertaking, in
which success is not certain. You
know also the chances against your re-
turning alive to tell the tale. I can
only wish you, gentlemen, godspeed.
Go, gentlemen, do your best
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Mr.. HAYS Sense Of Humor.

Walter Hoff Seely, the insurance
man, tells this: <I was taking lunch
about year ago in the Pennsylvania
station at Jersey City and was seated
on stool at the lunch counter, when
the congressional limited came in,
and among other passengers was Sec
retary Hay. Rushing into the lunch
counter he seated himself next to me
and ordered sandwich and a cup Of
coffee On the other side of the Sec
retary was a typical American, who
had not the slightest idea that his
neighbor on the left was the Ameri-
can premier. Mr.. Hays face was a
study of amusement when he was sud-
denly jabbed in the ribs by the elbow
Of this man, who at the same time ad-
dressed the secretary after this fash
ion: Say, sport, ferry over the con-
fectionery, will YEP The interesting
part of it was that John Hay passed
the sugar.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Dressed for the Rurqlars.

The late Cephas Brigham, the Bos-
ton lawyer, was very moderate in
speech and movement. The following
story used to be told OF, him as an il
lustration: y'.:~I ~ 4, "-
.'Mrs. Brigham awoke him one night,
saying she thought there were burg
lars in the house. He. got up, dressed
himself, even to collar and necktie,
and, turning to his wife, said: MRS.
Brigham - -direction-do
YOU suppose obbers- are q
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Ferocious Monster Leaped In Boat
After Prey-Presence of Mind
and Quick Action Saved Life
1f pnx,

The yellow fever was raging in the
city of Vera Cruz that year, and one
of the large West Indian liners which
arrived on a certain day was obliged
to anchor off in the harbor. A small
boat. known as dingey, floated
astern, and in this an active young
colored boy of about fifteen was
busily at work washing off the seats.
The boat lurched over with a sud-
den dip as the boy bore his weight on
one of the thwarts, and Pedro heard
warning shout from the steamers
deck just in time to give one terrified
glance around and to hear noise he
knew only too well. t@"..* -
Without an instant's hesitation he
jumped overheard from the opposite
side of the boat. For: as he looked he
caught sight OF the jaws OF a great
shark which, spying this tempting.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
PREPARING for Church.

A Kansas City druggist says a
wealthy West Side man came into his
store Sunday morning and, throwing
dime on the showcase, said: h
"Give me two nickels for that,
please" s< II # .-,-~
"Going to try a slot machine?" asked
the druggist, pleasantly. ~
mo" replied the wealthy man:
...I'm going to church. Kansas City
Times. .z. @s, 5 z'~... .>.|' "~~'s.ss=s
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07

The fact that an insurance official
tas been discharged for talking too
much will be likely to meet hearty ap
rroval from people who, after saying
40, are robbed of valuable time and
deprived of patience by insistent solic
itOrs
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Clear Proof of Qualification.

A member of the South Dakota Su-
preme Court contributes the following
specimens of answers to questions
contained in written examination
for admission to the bar of that state:
@. What is the law merchant?
"A. A practicing attorney.
%. Define marriage.
"A. Marriage is sacred, confiden-
tial relation between man and wom-
an, created by nature for the purpose
of increasing the armies of all ma
tions"
Though this be ignorance yet there
is method in it.-Law Notes.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07

A Buffalo woman recently got mar
ried to her second husband on the day
Of his predecessors funeral. She
must have been determined to be the
central figure on gala occasion for
once in her life.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07

The enthusiasm of scientists is we'll
illustrated by DR.. Kirkland's story of
how he spent six hours in tree one
night for the observation of the gypsy
and the brown-tail moths,
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07

The editor of the Atlanta Journal is
IN earnest in his efforts to reform the
Georgia legislature. He has begun the
task of whipping the members, seri-
atm.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07
Nobody Knows.

Nobody Knows.
Show me the place where tho white
heather grows, &
Kind little fairies in bonnets of blue,
Why don't you tell when they said that
you knew? - - -
Nobody knows! -
Show me the place where my little dream
goes 'fr n..-
Il, wake in the morning, the sky is SO
blue)- !
They said that you sent it. I though
that you knew. H. =
: Nobody knows! I'm -:
What have you done with my pretty red
rose? - i: .r,ES ! y. /, s5ss.=r Z r.
It felt like the down on the thistle ]
They said you bewitched it--oh, say. i
it true?: ~..a: i :" .&=ssx 4 ssl
1,F@ Nobody knows! )! s.I '=3 3 b. 5.. 4: &
.=.s .=.; :.-::i:s III s -PaD Mall Magazine.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07

Tom Lawson warns young men that
as a business proposition speculation
is as bad as playing the races. There
are times when Tom as a guide, phil
osopher and friend is simply great.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-07

Pierpont Morgan already has the
walls of one room covered with pic:
lures valued at $4,000 square foot"
but he is always ready to buy a few
more yards of pictorial art when he
finds pieces of the right size.