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The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
Novelty in Fish Catching

city street. By strange coincidence
OF names. and fishermans luck, Ar
thur Dodge had to dodge to avoid be-
ing bitten by fish on his way home
from work. AS he and a friend alight-
ed from car they noticed something
11ounderlng around in the water that
covered the street, which on investi-
cation proved to be carp about 10
inches long. They caught a second
and third, and next morning had fish
for breakfast.
A number Of fish We're also caught
i'm First street, near the old First
street lake, by street car men, the
motormen on several occasions stop
ping their cars to avoid running over
the fish
The presence Of the fish in such an
unusual place is accounted for by the
bursting of the storm drain that car
ries, the water from the old Lake.
There are several breaks and it is
probable that the fish came from these
openings.-Chicago Chronicle. =. T.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
Thief Asked for Pointer

savings of the household that had
sheltered him, pretending that, with
this money for lawyer hire, he would
be able to get AL inheritance that had
been withheld from him.
so the nospitable poor man gave
The swind!er all his savings, and that
was the end OF the sWindler, of course
But he. was caught by the police a
few months later, and at his trial he
was proved guilty of having swjndled
a benefactor. of his modest hoard.
The judge. before sentencing the
swindler, said to him reproachfully:
How could you be so base as to
swindle these honest folk who put
confidence in your
The swindler with smile replied
Your honor, I'll make it worth
your while if you'll tell me how to
swindle those who don't put confidence
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The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

the men. She had been used to horses
from her infancy, and can mount and
manage any OF the animals her father
keeps. When she went into the burn
ing barn they were enveloped in
smoke and were pulling at their halt
ers. They all became dOcile under
: her hands, and when taken out allow
ed other members of the family to tie
them to trees and posts.
After the fire Chief Allen congratu-
lated Miss Roebling highly. He said
that If she had not acted so promptly
the animals would have been smother
ed. She said it was nothing. and
went into the house to change her
drenched dress.
Miss Roebling is a leader of the
young social set in this city. She is
an expert rover, horseWoman and
golfer, and has won many trophies.
Her father is the head OF the house
that built the first and second Brook
lyn bridges, and her uncle is Washing
ton A. Roebling, the engineer who lost
his health because he would not trust
the workmen to do the work in the
air locks for the first Brooklyn bridge.
SO went down himself to superintend
and caught the Golfer dam fever. He
is an invalid to this day.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

oven bearing surface possible and at
the same time is entirely exposed on
all sides to the heat. A further OBJ
5ect is TO provide a pan in which all
the sections are made of single piece
er1 metal, stamped or folded, about a
substantial rod frame. This is accom-
plshed without scanning, soldering or
riveting, insuring economical con-
strnction, yet forming a steam, air
and water tight pan. The illustration
suggests the multiple baking pans
shat have been brought out for round
loaves. Most, if not all, Of these have
continuous end f1anges which is
claimed prevents the circulation OF
heat back and forth between the diff
ferent sections, which circulation is
very desirable in order to insure uni
form baking. Despite the square shape
of the loaves produced by the pan il
lustrated, there is no difficulty in re
moving them without breaking the
crust, as the pan cover constitutes
just one-half the section of each loaf
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
Stories Of High Society,"

F. Leveson-Gower, long prominent
in England, has lately published vol
ume of "reminiscences, in which he
tells the story of Princess Lieven:
What the princess chiefly suffered
from was intense boredom, which
amounted almost to a disease If no
body called during the afternoon she
would roll on the floor from ennui
On one occasion, when on her way
from England, she got so much alarm
ed at the prospect of travelling from
Calais to Paris alone that she offered
a seat in her carriage to respectable
looking clergyman on board the
steamer, which be joyfully accepted
When seated beside her he talked so
necessarily as to drive her wild. She
could only relieve her feelings by put
ting her head out of the window and
screaming out to the wind, II M en-
nuie-il m'ennuie!' Gle fatigues
mel"
In the SOS MI. LevesOn-GOWer re-
sided in st. Petersburg. He tells this
story: "Oopposite to our house was
drawn up a regiment called Paulov-
ski, formed by the Emperor Paul, all
the men having turned-up noses, and
therefore resembling him. It seems it
was the fashion here to compose regi-
ments of men who have the same sort
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
Saved riiends.

DR.. Carl Joubert, author of Russia
as 1t Really Is," tells this plain little
story of how he rescued three men
Dr. Alexander Bogdanovitch and two
others-from exile in Siberia. It was
necessary to bribe the sergeant OF
the ''rota'' or prisoners convoy. DR..
Joubert says: We sat down side by
side at the edge OF the forest. Tell
me, sergeant l said, if l were to
place so ruble "a ruble is SLY
cents) note on your eye could you
see?' No, doctor, I should not be
able to see with that eye, but l could
see out of the other oh, you could!
Well, then, so rubles on your other
eye would make you totally blind? p
Yes, doctor, should be blind for life
There are so many colors in a 100
ruble note that it is impossible to see
through it, I am told Now let us
come to an understanding. / place a
50-ruble note on each of your eyes and
you are then blind. Now, supposing
that should place another upon your
mouth would you lose your power of
speech?' "A man cannot speak with
his mouth full of paper, gospodin. You
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

empty the bowl, just turn the spout
into the pail, as YOU can see by the
sketch of the spout piece alone. This
part fits snugly into the pail spout,
so l have no rubber to get rotten.
The bottom of the pail is 1h
inches above the bottom of sides, to
guard against puncture from stones,
etc., when used in the field or yard !;
however, l always milk in the stable,
but even there the bottom is just as
we'll raised. The handle is in line with
the spout, and drops down out of the
way as you sit down to milk, and is
get away quickly as will sometimes
happen to anyone.
In all these years l have not had
a COW get her foot in the spout but
once: this bent it down, but our. tin:
smith bent it back, and the same pail
in all details is now in use as good as
ever. 1t is heavy-weighs just seven
pounds-but the longer I use it the
better l like it, and up to date l have
been unable to see where | could i'm.
prove on the original pail in any way
About six weeks ago one Of my
COWS had a teat cut by her neigh
Dor stepping on it, piece being cut
almost out. The COW was milking, sc
l sewed the piece back in place (three
stitches) and milked her until now il
is healed and no longer troubles her
used my pail, no trouble for three
teats, but for the cut one l held the
spout of my pail in my left hand anc
milked into it, while the COW did what
she could to assist; when the bow
was nearly full, put it in place ir
the pail, drained it, and then used il
again free from the pail. From my
pail as a model, another pail could be
made for less cost, and there is nc
natont on it -
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
Damsel Very Much Shocked

She is a little woman who is visit
ing here for a month or two and those
who know her we'll say that she is so
proper and has such sense of the
proprieties that she will not mention
even the legs of a table without blush
ing and stammering. At some obser-
vations, innocent in themselves but
sounding vulgar and uncouth to her
sensitive ear, she becomes so agitated
that a dose of heartshorn or smelling
salts administered under the nose is
the only relief. Thus it was that she
was shocked beyond redemption last
week by a statement from we'll
meaning Mexican who was trying to
show her that his especial laundress
was capable of turning out most ex-
quisitely whitened and we'll done
clothes. The little woman wears a
great deal of white-waists and skirts
and she grew quite fidgety over the
thought of how to get them done up
to her entire satisfaction here in Mex
leo. In her extremity and with de-
sire to learn of the best ]aundress she
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

Catching carp by moonlight in the
middle of Olive street may be set
down as a real novelty in Los An
seles. The trick was done by E. S.
Dodge. Dodge was going toward his
home plunking through the water,
which was about six inches deep On
the street He observed an odd move
ment in the stream as he reached the
middle of the street, but passed on
without giving the matter any thought.
It dawned on him after moment that
there was something unusual about
the circumstance and he went back
After watching the water for a few
minutes he, again saw the movement,
and to- his surprise picked up.a young
caIp IL inches in length: %:>:' -
1t made a real kick for liberty and
he concluded it was no dead fish, took
it home and placed it. in a tub of
water. =. !. "a ~ > ~ :.
E. s., Dodge, however, is not the
only Dodge who has caught fish in a
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
No Freemasonry in China

lao Hui, numbers more than 100000.
The Cyclopedia of Fraternities con-
tains an account of an initiation cere-
mony at a Chinese lodge in Spokane,
Wash, at which four white men, Free
masons, We're present by invitation.
The lodge represented a benevolent
branch of the Kalao Hui. There we're
decentralization, four stations at
which questions were asked and an
swers returned, kneeling on crossed
swords, tea drinking, burning incense,
a. traditional season of refreshment
and signs in which the head and hands
were unable to detect anything that
resembled the Masonry with which
they were familiar.
The same authority gives this ac-
count of the secret signs used by the
Triad society, which was at the bot
tom of the Talping rebellion:
members always halt on entering
house, and then proceed with the
felt foot first When sitting they
place their toes together and spread
their heels apart. They also recognize
one another by the way they place
their teacups on the table: and the
manner in which they hitch their trou-
sers Their motto is Drive out the
Tartar"
Treason is punished by Topping off
the ears of minor offender. The
final punishment is beheading.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

The installation of a grand master
of the Chinese secret orders in the
United States, popularity known as the
Chinese Freemasons," has aroused
interest in the question of the connec-
ton between the Chinese secret socie-
ties and the Masonic body, says the
Washington Star. Allusions to Chi
nese Freemasonry'' appear periodical
ly in the newspapers, though, accord
ing to the Cyclopedia of Fraternities,
there is no such thing as Freemason.
ry among the Chinese.
The only Masonic lodges in China
are in the foreign: concessions at the
seaports. Their membership is COM
posed exclusively of others than Chi
nese and they are conducted under
foreign warrants. The rites of the
Chinese secret societies bear some re-
semblance to those of the Free
masons, which accounts for the popu-
lar supposition of connection be-
tween the two. The similarity. though
more apparent than real is remark
able in view of the antiquity of both,
and the impossibility of either to have
been patterned after the other.
China is filled with secret societies,
most of which have for their object
the overthrow of the Using dynasty
with pretended benevolent signif-
canoe of the organization. The most
powerful of these societies. the Ka.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

of features The late emperor had re-
cruits sent to him and told them off
according to their looks. What child
ishness! There is one regiment of
men all marked with the smallpox.
This Paulovski regiment did one thing
which amused me. Just before the
cortege came up they all blew their
noses with their fingers at the word
of command, and this was in order
that none OF them might sneeZe when
the emperor passed, as their doing so
would bring him bad luck!"
When Mr.. Motley, the historian,
was American minister to London he
had trouble at his first dinner party.
Mr.. Leveson-Gower says: AT that
time couples were sent in to dinner in
pairs, but nobody's- place was fixed.
Unfortunately the Turkish amba assa-
dor was allotted to Lady u.Waldegrave,
who did not care to have him as her
neighbor. She consequently told him
that his place was at the other side
OF the table. He, with oriental polite
ness, did as she bade him. and sat
down opposite to her. This upset the
whole arrangement. The couples wan
dered about the room like sheep that
were being driven out of field. Mr.
Motley, who had every merit except
good temper, went into a passion,
and | nearly died Of laughing.'
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
rom Sibcriia,

area doctor who knows we'll the medi-
cine to prescribe for every disease
'Very good said. Now, when
you are blind and speechless, what are
yo,l going to do?' You may leave
that to me, doctor. All I want to
know is which are the birds and how
many are to be turned into the
woods? You shall have as many as
you wish, but you must remember
that We have only a little more than
600 OF them, and therefore. gospodin,
YOU will not ask for 700 BIRDS Good
heavens, no! l only want four or
five at the outside l exclaimed, as
founded by the potency of the medi-
cine l had prescribed. Only f1ve!'
said the sergeant. Then you can take
off SO rubles.'"
But the doctor wouldn't take back
any of his medicine and eventually
added another SO. So the sergeant
got 200 rubles and soon after left the
service and started pothouse in Mos
COW on the proceeds. DR.. Joubert,
after rather hard time of it, finally
got his fugitives safely across the
whole Of Siberia and Russia and be.
yond the German frontier.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
A I'm phere Is a Tonic

AS it falls it gains momentum, and,
reaching the earth, spreads over the
Mississippi valley, and then over the
Atlantic states, covering them like a
blanket. 1t scatters the foul, logy
: breath-soaked atmosphere in our
towns and cities, and puts ginger into
the air We fill our lungs with it and
live.
New waves are always coming, fol-
lowing each other in regular process
sion like the waves ON seashore.
1t is fitting then that meteorology
the science of the weather, should be
a distinctly American product, and
that the people OF the United States
should have the best weather service
in the world The United States gov.
ernment spends $1,500,000 a year on
the weather bureau, which is more
money than all the governments of
Europe combined spend for similar
service.-Century Magazine
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

When the amazed European asks
us what makes the sluggish mind of
the immigrant stir and waken in the
United States, and then to climb, at
first hesita tingly, but soon with vigor
and confidence, to the top round in
the ladder of success, we are accus-
toned to reply, Its in the air. and
we are right
The spirit which fired our fathers
to cross the wide Atlantic, and which
in less or equal degree still animates
the thousands annually seeking our
shores, is fed and famed by the cold
winds from the: northwest.
The cold wavesis born in the heav-
ems, miles above our heads, usually
over the Rocky mountain plateau.
Suddenly mass Of bitterly cold air
will tumble down upon Montana 1t
rushes down as though poured
through an enormous funnel.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
German Fire Autos Successful.

The fatherland uses trio OF auto
mobile fire engines, two electrically
propelled and one driven by steam.
These have been in service for three
years and seem to have given excel
lent practical performance, as we'll as
satisfactory financial, returns. Han
over is the city that operates all three
and it has saved about $4,000 in three
years by their introductionA
The total expense Of the two cleo
tic machines their first year, 1902,
was $3.50; the next year it was ST.
500. and the last year it was $4,743.
This includes repairs to the appara-
tus, depreciation, the cost of normal
charging Of the batteries, and the
cost of charging for drilling. The
large expense Of last year was due to
repairs on the batteries.
The total expense incurred by the
steam engine was S1S6 the first year,
81 1,270 the second year and 1864 last
year. If these machines had been
drawn by horses the annual expense
would have been about $4,000, hence
the saving. The negative plates OF
the batteries are still in good condi-
tion after three years of service.
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could find she addressed a word or
two to her Mexican guide. The guide
knows English just sufficiently we'll
to get himself misunderstood.
Isl, Senorita," he said, nodding his
head as If it were attached with very
flexible strings. MY lavandera, she
wash much good clothes.''
Does she wash your col]ars?" asked
the maiden from the Northland.
Isl, Senorita, she wash 'em all
clothes of mine,'' and the Mexican dis
played crisp edges of the collar as
proof of the good work done.
Does she also wash your shirts o.
queried the girl, at the same time
taking hold of his coat and viewing
the shirt.
Isl, Senorita the Mexican
grew enthusiastically wash EN-
much good. She very good lavandera
You want to see, I show you my un
derclothes.''
The young lady collapsed. They
found her powdering her face in order
to hide the blushes-MexicanH Herald
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

Commander Takeshita, the Japanese
naval attache at Washington, said at
dinner, anent an officer who had
broken his parole:
"He who once dishonors himself
will be always dishonorable. l do not
believe in repentance. l do not be-
1ieve that we sin and become good
again. Sin leaves us ineradicatly
sOiled.
Hence it is futile to try to reform
rascals and criminals. Covert]y or
openly, as the mood strikes them,
these men answer our admonitions as
the swindler answered the Yokohama
Judge.
"The swind]er had come, footsore
and weary, to the cottage of poor
man.: There he had been entertained
month without payment. Finally,
departing. he had borrowed the entire
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
3sQNes.s|Qc ess-a>ftceE2
s Farm and Home :
G~erssN(3r (3ress1t 1tr-~~%ltr,l:]
Combined Milk Pail and Stool.

SS"0''~~ svI"~ 0SS dItO 0IOOSs
Mr.. F.. M. Carryl, Connecticut
dairyman, describes in the Jersey Bull
letin, combined milk pail and stool
which he invented and is using with
great satisfaction. The pail is 13 inch
es In diameter and 10 inches deep, the
neck or spout is inches and the re-
ceiving cup is 81 inches across. Mr..
Carryl had it made by a tinsmith, who
charged him $3.50 for material and la
Dor. In describing the pail Mr.. Carryl
says:
THE pail is all of three-ply tin ex-
cept the cover (Which sets in fush) !;
this is galvanized iron. The bowl in
the spout is pint dipper cut to fit,
and the milk falls in this and runs
over into the pail on which / sit; there
is no spattering" at all. Then to
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
On the Western Trail

Though tn snow an the sleet,
An he took liquor neat il.
For tn stuff seemed t be both his drink
and his meat.
I dunno! Somethin' hot
Passed between eTl-a shot,
An III other man draWcd summat slow
'r'n he ought.
Well. 1t wasn't much loss,
Eut tn big buckskin boss
That he TUX when he skipped Was tn
pride Of tn boss.
Taint because that galoot,
That he killed was a beaut
or shot. had an idee he knew how to.
shoot.
Eff he jest hadn't Tux
That especial OF buck
Skin tn boss broke hi'self 'twouldn.t
ms tter-wuss luck!
Got price on his head :.
An tn ranch boss. he said
He'd prefer him alive, but he would take
hin. ,sead. -
''Cause a man amt much loss,
But it's tc.tle, says the boss. = -.-
That all plainsmen was learnin' boss is
a hoss. 49, '.., =
. =. y. w. Foley, in New York Times.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
The Skins Rubbed Of.

Many of the potato-paring devices
brought out in England, where such
machines are popular, are based on a
securing principle; that is to say, the
potatoes are not actually pared in the
ordinary Interpretation of the word,
but the skins are grated off, so to
speak The tubers, as in the machine
recently patented and Illustrated here
with, are placed in receptacle, where,
by means of suitable mechanism, they
are constantly stirred and brought into
contact with grating surfaces forming
the outer and inner wall of the re-
ceptacle and the bottom of same. BY
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

Any 'roof paint should be made of
pure linseed oil and white lead, shad-
ed any color desired. Green or terra
Gotta looks we'll, but red should be
avoided. The correct way to paint a
shingle roof is to dip the shingles be-
fore they are put on II painted after.
wards they do not last as long as
when not painted, as the moisture
gets below the shingles, and, being
damned there by the paint, tends to
produce decay. A good way to apply
paint to- shingles is 10 dip the small
end in the paint and run it through a
rubber clothes wringer. This spreads
the paint over the surface. If the roof
is shingled it would be we'll to tint it
with stain, which is put up by large
paint making firms.
2. Galvanized iron is better than
zinc for crossing joints Or cutters on
a roof The strips should be not less
than IS inches and they should be
put on before the shingles.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

means of power applied through a
hand crank the potatoes are kept in
motion and, eventually, if the opera
tion is continued long enough, all the
skins come in contact with these
rough walls and are thereby removed.
A trough at the top carries a supply
Of water which flushes these securing
surfaces, keeping them free from
pieces of peel and particles of potato
On first consideration, it would not
seem possible for the grating surface
to reach every point of each tuber,
but the proof Of the pudding is the
eating, and it is we'll established that
this result is actually accomplished.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

Got a price on his head,
An tn ranch boss, he said
He'd prefer him alive, but would take him
dead.
Same ui' trouble, of COURSE
Drink an Cap r. +. Morse
An d dash f'r tn plains on another man s
horse.
.uoWed him since he's a lad,
Used t. bunk with his dad,
Ai1't a natural tough, but in liquor he's
bad
Fill hi'self to his chin,
Soak hi'self to the skin.
An then sit around waitin chance to
mix in.
Say! Tn youngster could ride
Anything with a hide
On it's back where tn hair was CROWN
outside,
Roll a good cigarette
On his hoss on bet
When tn cayuse was buckin' am never
lost yet.
Sittin there in tn camp
Sort o worn out an damp, }
An his hoss ga mt an tired firm ninety
mile tramp "a
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
Paint for a Roof.

W. S-Please describe how to mi1
a durable paint for a new cedar shin
gled roof on a red brick house.
How wide should a strip OF zinc be
for a joint in roof?
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
Modern Finance.

Teacher-Now, Johnny, what is the
perfect tense of the verb Ito invest?
Johnuy-To investigate.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
A Cellar Wall.

j.. J. L.-How much cement ant
gravel would be required for wal
six feet high for 4 cellar, 24x2S feet
How thick should the wall be in orde]
to be frost proof?
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

A wall one foot thick would require
1871 barrels OF Portland cement, 19
yards of gravel an:l yards of stone
filters. Three men would build the
wall in five days. The proportions OF
Portland cement and gravel are eight
of gravel to one of cement. If natural
rock cement is used five of gravel
are mixed with one of cement A ce
ment wall one foot thick will turn as
much frost as stone wall 18 inches
thick.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
lNyFNIlON/
l'lPAXftlENI) Nf

Folding Bread Pans.
The original claims made for the
patent baking pan here illustrated are
that it presents the least amount of