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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Tells an Irish Story

me intently from under his shaggy
eyebrows. His hands were clasped
behind his back under the tails of his
coat, and with every step he took
he caused the coattails to beat a sort
of rhythmic time. He did not ap-
proach nearer than ten feet, then
would wheel quickly and retrace his
steps.
Finally he emptied some tobacco
into a small black pipe, stuffed it In
with his thumb, and boldly approach
irg, said:
Would yez moind givin me a
loight fer me pipe?
II knocked the ashes off my cigar
nd handed it to him.: He* jammed it
own. into the bowl of his pipe and
,ulling away with a smacking of the
ps that could be heard at the far
end Of the platform, all the time glanc-
ing sideways into my face with a quiz
zical expression, he exclaimed:.
"'When l first saw yes-smack,
smack, smack-.1 thought yez wor a
feller I yuster know when I was
drivin' suffers wagon out be Fort
Totten'-smack, smack, smack. He
was a dam rascal'-smack, smack,
s1nack-1but see yer not: the man."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Cock Fighting Once Famed in ENGLAND

arch had cockpit built in WHITEHALL
SO that he himself might indulge in
the pastime. But no edicts could put
an end to cock fighting, and it -four
ished under the Stuarts, though Crom-
we'll prohibited it. There is an inter-
esting record of the sport in the. reign
of Charles II. Cosmo, grand duke of
Tuscany, while paying England a WIS.,
it, went in state to the theater ap-
propriated to cock fighting, a common
amusement of the English, who even
in the public streets, take a delight
in seeing such battles, and consider
able bets are made on them"
Cock fighting in England reached it's
zenith early in the last century. AT
that time distinguished visitors were
treated by each corporation to cock
fights instead of fireworks and music
by the local band Every sporting no
bleman had. his own strain of game
fowl. The numbers that were killed
in the ring were immense. In a sin
gle season in one town 1000 cocks
persisted. In the Easter week of 1922
in one pit 1873 cocks fought each other
and 1000 changed hands in wagers..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
GRAND ,aARA1ss MlhNEsorA SATURDAY OCTOBER .,
Effect of Locomotives on Careless Hofs

dozen trains day over my road. You
can loaf down to each and every one
and stand there on one leg, with your
hands in your pockets and chew of
tobacco in your mouth, and all the
passengers are going to look out of
the window and say to each other:
"*Thats him-that's Tom Coxon,
who run his mewl agin' Joe Batter
sons -hOss and beat him two lengths
in half mile ;.
That's what they are going to say,
Tom, and you'll be proudly standing
there and taking it all in and knowing
you are a bigger man than the presi'
dent of the United States. That is, it
would have happened if you critters
hadn't got down on my railroad and
decided to vote agin it"
Say, kurnel," replied Tom, after a
little thought, I'm glad came to you
I'm glad you explained matters. You
have put different light on things
and you go ahead with your old bull
gine and I'll have talk with the boys
and see that every human one of 'em
votes for the bonds. What we all
want is new loatin' place and what
l want is to hear somebody sayin' that
Tn standin' up ON pinnacle and
bound to climb higher If the durnel
limb don't break"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
African Races Have No Love for Pets

ing the gnats. knew the bird at once.
4 was the little tiny martin or swift,
and they had almost cleared the vii:
lage of these pests
: If there is one feature connected
with the black races in Africa more
extraordinary than another it is that
they have no affection for domestic
enimals as pets. Their idea of domes-
ticated animals, such as pigeons,
fowls, goats, sheep and all the rest,
is very much the idea of what they
Call generally in the Bantu tongue
\ 5syama' something to eat. But they
have no real affection whatever for
pets I thought l had made great
disc covery and was very proud of it,
and I went up and down that village
aid made inquiries while our tents
were being put up. asked the head
man.: a very fine fellow: What do
these little birds live there for?' oh,
he said, Master Jungle man put up
these houses and dem little birds
come and make plenty pickaninnies,
which they eat
However, l got hold of the chief
and asked him about it, and he told
me plainly and distinctly that they
didn't breed these birds for eating, but
they were kept there as a charm and
looked upon as birds Of good omen and
that no one, not even child, would
be allowed to touch them. So that
in this one particular at least the ma.
tives had evidently acquired taste
for keeping these swifts in a semi-do
fo6 tot
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
So-Called Witches Play Upon tho
Superstitions of the People
Recalls Boxer Incident Of
Ignorance.

Says the Pekin and Tientsin Times:
"Sorcerers and witches are at present
preying on the superstitions of the
native population of Chefu. The i'm
posters are practicing a rather unique
method Of securing little gain while
at the same time making their victims
believe the latter are solid with the
gods, to say nothing of escaping a
calamity which is only imaginary.
They have issued tract which is be-
ing widely distributed. 1t begins by
stating that Chang Tien Shi (the Bud
dhist ruler of heaven and earth) en-
tered Pekin in the second moon of
this year (March). He made known
that nearly all the people of the coun-
try would die. On the fifteenth day
of the seventh moon Aug. 15) many
demons and spirits would go about
wailing and crying because of the
Ch'oukin pestilence "a disease. of
which the main symptom is convul-
sions), which was about to come on
the people. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
An Apology and an Explanation
Thought MIR. Fitzhugh Was q
Man He Once Knew as q
Rascal-The AwakeninQ.

One of the last times that the late
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was in New York
he related the following at a private
dinner. He regarded it, he said, as
the most amusing incident of his
varied career. He called it IAN Irish
mans apology
II was waiting at the depot at
Charlotte, N c., one afternoon some
years ago for a train to Richmond"
he said. ut was behind time, and not
caring to go back to the hotel l light
ed cigar and paced up and down the
long platform. Among the waiting
passengers a diminutive 1rishman,
with trousers touching the tops of his
shoes, a cutaway coat six inches too
long, and a little old billycock hat,
particularly attracted my attention.
He was an unusual character, with the
style of whiskers known to the lads in
the army as -sluggers.'
when first saw him he was pac'
ing up and down the platform with his
head bent slightly forward, eyeins
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Some Ancient nans Of
the world over, and attracts capital
lists from far and wide, -- d.

the world over, and attracts capital-
lists from far and wide . -.
+ 1t took Mr.. Stodder eighteen years
to study out how to work waves into
electricity. He tried it first on the
waves which wash the beaches of
Lake Michigan He made working
model and patented his invention and
with his papers and his model he
went to the sea coast.
my contrivance," he says, "is' in
the form of pier with an underside
resting on the water the entire length.
This underside is built of small strips
like roller top desk lid, which re-
produces each wave as it rolls along
under it toward the shore, and the
motion is transformed into power by
cranks which are connected with this
moving platform and to the machin-
cry above.
''The amount of power so developed
is hardly to be calculated, so immense
are the possibilities, and l honestly
believe that it will be greater than
that of the turbines in Niagara Falls.
If in practice that is found to be true,
it is within the realm of reason to
say that Philadelphia and New York
| may be supplied with electricity from
here. All want just now is an oppor-
tunity to show what large model
will do I would like to build one
| under some of the ocean piers"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Holds the Frightened Girl While
He Drinks His Fill Of Lacteal
Fluid - Escapes but Injuries

AAoA~o AAAS Il AA8AAtVI1So olI1 VN14o
He Drinks His Fill of Lacteal
Fluid - Escapes but Injuries
Her Foot.
Miss Marie Czerney, daughter Of
prominent residents of Bon Homme
county, had thrilling adventure with
monster snake, as the result of
which she narrowly escaped death by
blood poison, by stepping on rusty
nail while trying to escape from the
snake.
The young woman, with a pail in
her hand, went to her favorite Jersey
for the purpose of doing her evening
milking. During the day the animal
had been picketed in a tame grass
plot, and at the time of milking still
bore the picket line. The Jersey ap-
peared to be greatly annoyed by flies
and mosquitoes and changed her po-
sition a number of times. ~-
AS the COW changed position Miss
Czerney would follow it up, and dur
ing this operation her ankle became
entangled as she supposed in the pick.
ct rope. The COW seemed to grow
quieter and after milking steadily for
several minutes Miss Czerney became
concerned at the small amount OF
milk in the pail.
Fearing that the pail had sprung q
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Converts Wave Motion Into Elec.
trio Light. Heat and Power
. Looking for Capitalists Who
-: Arc NOT Afraid. ~


trio Light. Heat and Power
Looking for Capitalists Who
Arc Not Afraid.
Down at Atlantic City there is a
man from Chicago who has scheme
to harness the Atlantic ocean and
convert wave motion into electric
light, heat and power. His name is
E. D. Stodder, and he is looking for
capitalist with lots of courage. Like
Colonel Mulberry Sellers, VINO lived
before Atlantic City was discovered,
Mr.. Stodder is going around telling
everybody that there are millions in
it, He is perfectly willing to take
one million and leave the rest to the
man of money who backs his propo-
sltion. The brainy inventors ideas
are large. Not only will he manufac-
ture all the lights for the boardwalk,
hotels and cafes, but he will send his
surplus power, heat and light to Cam
den, Philadelphia and way stations,
and make glad the hearts of all peo-
pie.
Most seekers of capital get it in
Chicago or stop in New York looking
for money, but this inventor, in stop
ping at Atlantic City, shows orig ginal-
lty. He says he selected this resort
because it is cosmopolitan and known
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Many Kinds of Fiery Liquid That
Titillate Mans Interior Re-
eions-The Old Sporting Drink
That Killed Father.

-
The following is partial list of the
varieties of whisky now in stock in
Tom bstone:
Common whisky, the kind that kill
ed father at the tender age of ninety
three.
Sporting whisky, the kind that
makes the game rich and the player
go the limit.
Business whisky, the kind that
makes a fellow who never had any
business in his life hold you up at
every corner and submit $1,000,000
scheme.
Mysterious whisky, the kind that
causes your neighbor to lead you away
around behind the Gragoon mountains
with an air of profound secrecy, then
conflde something to you that was all
over the town the day before.
Social whisky, the kind that causes
a man who has known you for ten
years and has never spoken to you to
single you out and make a confidant
of you.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Ancient History of Fighting Poul-
try Known as Dorkine-Caesar
Finds One Breed of Poultry
A Royal Sport.


That breed Of fighting poultry
known as Dorking has an ancient his
tory. The Romans introduced it into
England and taught the Britons to
breed it for the table. But Caesar
and his legions found one breed of
poultry already domiciled in that
country, imported by even earlier WIS.,
itors, the Phoenicians. These fowls
we're kept for pleasure and diversion
that is, for cock fighting-and the
breed was already many centuries old
when the Romans came The Phoe-
nicians and the Greeks knew all about
the game fowl; they drew their knowl-
edge of the sport from the: Persians,
while in India, nearly 5000 years ago,
the fighting cock fought and -four
ished as it does to this day .-.><. ,f+1,:5.s
Cock fighting was a royal sport in
England, though now and again edicts
against it were promulgated. King
Edward III. issued one, and so did
Henry VIII, though the latter mon
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28

o1=the present day. Among these was
one that yet remains to be reinvented.
This was .alica,' a preparation fof spelt
which the Roman writer's allude to as
a great delicacy. 1t is not many years
since the yeast cake was introduced
into America as novelty: yet it is
an invention at least 1000 years old.
Here are the words of the Roman en-
cyclopedist on the subject: 'Millet is
more especially employed to make
yeast. If kneaded with must (grape
juice) it will keep whole year. The
same is done, too, with fine wheat
bran of the best quality. It is kneaded
with white must, three days old, and
then dried in the sun, after which it is
made into small cakes " +,
Alfalfa is another antiquity 1t
was brought from Media into. Persia
in the time of Darius, and afterward
into Greece and Italy. 'Medica' was
it's Persian, 'lucerne' it's Italian, and
alfalfa it's Arabian name. Amphilo'
GUS, an agricultural writer OF. Athens,
devoted almost an entire work to the
culture of this valuable grass, and the
Roman writer's were scarcely less en-
thusiastic on the subject. The silo
for preserving grain in the earth, is
evidently an oriental invention, which
before the Augustan age, made it's way
westward through Bactria, Pontus and
Thrace to Egypt, Greece, Italy and
Spain. The Pontic name was *siri.
Varro says that wheat, properly stored
in dry soil, will keep for fifty years
and mil1et q hundred
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
How Risht-of-Way Man Won at
Dobey's Notwithstanding q
Different Light on Thinss-
Cnl RA0A1aa~-a Sok>,,o>

D1ifeFont Light on Antn8o-
Col Bemder's Scheme.
Col$: Bender was trying to get a
railroad across a certain southern
state and he found a great deal of
opposition to 1t at Dobey's Crossroads.
He went: up there to speak and he
went on to tell the audience how much
they would be benefited by the line,
and all that, but his remarks were
coldly'' received: When he had fin
ished~speaking the man who evidently
controlled the situation came to him
and said:I
'Kurnel, I'm sorry, but can't agree
with you about that railroad. I've
heard that they was great hands to
kill hawgs:"
Yes, they do kill off a few hawgs,
I believe" admitted the colonel, 'ebut
those are always promptly paid for,
and then there are other Offsets
Some you didn't speak about?"
Yes. There will be depot here
ut the Crossroads"
"WaIl?'
The only 1oafing place any of you
fellers have got now is the store, and
you've shown up there so often that
the interest is all gone. ThereTl he a
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
Nations Faro Best When Dealing
Openly and With No Ulterior
Motive-Story That Emanates
from Porfanaollth n HI


Admiral Mead, at dinner in Ports
mouth, N. H., praised frankness in in
ternational relations.
''The nations that are hor orable and
open with one another, like man to
man,: he said, "get along BEST For
in diplomacy, as in everyday affairs,
trickery is only met with trickery,
and i'll feeling is the inevitable re-
sult",
He smiled. ::
1T is like the two linemen," he
said. "who tried to best the tavern
keeper. :. s.; -.
These two men, meeting on a hot
afternoon in a street that blazed with
August sunshine, agreed to retire to
the cool blue gloom of a neighborins
tavern for a-aWhile.t t-<-->. &
The entered the tavern, AND Zach
drank ginger ale. Then, smiling to
himself, the first lineman laid on the
bar a twenty-dollar note.
Just take it out O. that he said.
''The tavern-keeper frowned.
Nothin' smaller?' he asked.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-10-28
An on My Memory's Greenest
Spot Forever Shall They Rest
Tho Old Scenes You Loved

Alannah sure I'm walkin' in the twilight
all alone,
Nor do l seek for company since you,
Asthore, are gone;
I'm watchin' now for banners red a.
spreadin' in the West
The red hour. the eve hour, the hour you
loved the best.
I wander past the woodlan' ere the black
birds voice is still.
l HE me where the willows kiss the bo-
som o the rill.
60 along the little stream, by sunset
smiles caressed- -
The old stream, the dear stream, the
stream you loved the best.
An och, Mavourneen, If youself was vii
me once again, ~ .,a~+
It's I would walk WI mighty bliss the
Woodbine- -scentedNlane; 49,. II ,
But maybe, sure, you see it there in re-
gions bright an blest-
The old lane, the white lane, the lane you
loved the best. -~i !: :.
An again will stray, Asthore, beside
the sighin' lake, :.>~=-ss - ;.-~<.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1905-01-19
Nondrous Ways of Ants.

Lietutenant.C Colonel Sykes saw at
Puonan ants carrying out grain to
dry in the sun. DR.. Lincecum in
Texas found ants who planted a GER
tain seed-bearing grass, reaped it,,
and carried the grain into their cells,
where they stripped it Of chah and
packed it away. The paper relating
this was read by Darwin before the
Linnaen Society. Another observer
has told us Of ants which grow mush-
rooms.
The foraging ants Of Brazil and
Western Equatorial Africa are terri
BILE creatures. Elephants and gorlllas
fly before them; the python takes
care not to indulge in a meal till he
has satisfied himself that there are
none Of them about. They have Il
"leisured class" much larger crea-
lures, who accompany their march,
like subaltern officers in marching
regiment" they are not fighters, how
ever. one curious conjecture as 10
their function has been made. They
are indigestible, and birds spare the
whole army lest they should get hold
Of one OF these tough morsels. This
it must be allowed, looks a little too
strange.
Slaves the ants certainly have, but
they do not make slave raids; the
larvae Of the inferior race are carried
off and hatched out. The browning
marvel, however, is that the British
slave-owning ant, and he alone, makes
his slaves fight for hlm.-London Spec
tatOr.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1905-01-19

were employees but ms these notices
We're practically permanent, whether
the traps were set or not, they gave
little or no warning to the miserable
poachcr 1t is marvellous that anyone
could have been found daring enough
for the sake of a few phcasants or
harcs to run the risk of falling into
one Of these traps; he was not only
sure of severe punishment after being
caught, but i'm most cases the cruel
spikes did his leg such an injury that
he was more or less manned for life,
We have reason TO he thankful that
the spirit Of humanity has abolished
this horrible invention, though it has
been in use within the memory Of
some still lvng.-phlladclphia Record.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1905-01-19
CoLLAPsIELE CAR FRAME.

vention Of j. ID. Barber, Of Cleveland,
Ohio and in few words consists of a
construction which will consume the
shock Of collision ana save not only
the ear thus equipped, but also pre-
vent any damage 20 the other cars Of
the train.
In this design the under frame Of
the ear is combined with a series OF
springs and a telescope framework
which permits the springs TO act as a
cushion and absorbent of conclusion,
the severity Of collision will be re-
lieycd, and other cars in the train
protected against destruction.
The platforms Of this car are Of es-
pecial construction, which permits Of
them sliding under the car in case OF
the accident without damage to the
body Of the Coach.--Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1905-01-19
SALADS AND HEALTH.


1t used to be considered very
Frenchy and foreign to have saiGd
with dinner or luncheon Americans
as a whole wanted regularly their just
deserts, and a green leaf or two more
or less counted for very little.
In the Pie Belt pastry was the nee
essay garnlsh for every meal. Down
South there were always famous pud-
dings for the complete eplcure, and il
Il salad was served Mt all decade ago,
it was a ponderous meat affair Of
which an entire indigestible meal was
made.
But to-day we are n wiser and sad.
der nation. Pies and buildings have
wrought out their own punishment,
and everywhere the dyspeptic microbe
is lurking in our midst, seeing what
comfort ana joy he may devour. We
have paid heavily because we scorned
the green leaf to tighten our meals
and sweeten our digestion,
And why not? Once you awaken
en- American woman's interest in any
thing-clothes, outdoor sports or foods
and straightway she sets about to
excel. She makes the smartest clothes
and is the finest sportswoman and the
best cook in the world,
This craze for greens has partly
come about through travelling abroad
where salads are such an important
article Of diet, and partly through
their widespread recommendation by
physicians.
But YOU must bear in mind that by
salads are meant fresh green things
from the garden or dollhouse, lettuce,
endiye, escarol, cabbage, celery, chives,
onions, fruits, and not meat soaked in
oil or hard egg sauce.
Some OF the most delicious Amerl-
can salads are fruits and vegetables
mixed, and served with cream dress
ing. And oranges are delicious with
celery and mixed nuts, but this would
be a shade richer than n dyspeptic
would require.
One reason, possibly, that Americans
were slow to acquire real relish Of
salads may have been because Of the
fear OF devourlng insects and microbes
along with green leaves. 1t seems so
difficult to get anything that is I'M
cooked thoroughly, hygienically whole
some. But the London doctors seem
to have solved the difficulty by order
ing all greens, eaten, in hospitals or by
their patients anywhere, to be washed
in weak solution Of boraX water. OF
course, the purest boraX must be used
and the solution must be always fresh,
Half teaspoonful Of boraX to a basin
Of fresh water is about the right pro-
portion. Each leaf should be separ-
ately dipped up and down several
times 10 insure perfect cleanliness,
and rinsed in clear water if conven.
lent. Though, if the greens were not
rinsed, no harm would be done, as the
boraX solution is absolutely without
injurious properties, would, in fact,
be n wholesome wash for mouth and
throat.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1905-01-19
USES OF LEMONS.

A t0lspoonful of lemon juice in a
small cup Of black coffee will relieve
bilious headache.
Two or three slices Of lemon in a
cup Of strong tea will cure nervous
headache.
Lemon juice is bette. than any drug
or complexion powder for giving per-
manent beauty and clearncss TO the
skin.
Lemon juice Outward application
will allay the irritation caused by the
bites of insects.
A dash Of lemon in plain water is an
excellent tooth wash, 1t rot only re-
moves tartar hut sweetcns the breath.
The juice Of a lemon taken in hot
water on awakening in the morning
is an excellent liver corrective, and for
stout women is better than any anti
fat medicine ever invented,-The In
diana Farmer,