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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

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periences of the human race. he IN:
stinct is in itself right and $indispe
Bile, bnt we make a difference in the
uses to which it is put. Il is valued in
war and business: 1t expresses itself
in a thousand forms in the games OF
children and in college athletics. 1t
meets with approval in such express
sions of the passion as golf. tennis and
billiards. but society justly condemns
the instinct if it is not used in. some
way to further production or create
values. The value may be in the in!
creased health and vigor which the
business man derives from recreation.
or it may be in the creation of wealth
by this same man in competitive bust
ness\
+, But the gamester pure and simple is
not regarded with favor by society. be-
cause he creates NO values. and is,
therefore. parasitical aud disorgan-
izer of the habits of others.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23
Case of Sad emit.

The phone in the office of a down
town establishment devoted to dry
goods and various articles Of feminine
apparel rang sharply and the head
boozkeeper responded. The voice he
heard was a feminine voice. It was
somewhat indignant and it began con-
versation without preliminaries. -
''Those bones you sent up are alto
gether too large said: the voice. Il
told you wanted small bones: This is
my little dogs birthday, and wanted
to give her some nice, dainty little
bones as special treat. And here
you have sent up some great enormous
things. only fit for St: Bernard My
poor Flossie, with her dainty little
teeth. never could manage them in the
world, and she and I are both awfully
disappointed. ~' s. :: ia-Sts
II beg your pardon, madam said
the bookkeeper in establishment, ::but /
am afraid you have.runs up the wrong
place.. This is not a market, and the
only bones we ever send out are the
kind that come in corsets. ''-Proyidence
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

cried fartle, who thought he had sud-
denly takenEleav Of his s>nses.
give thousand pounds" saic the old
man. II thought you'd like to see the
money actually before you, so
changed it into these notes.
what do you mean?''
ITS your share CT the profit on the
sale of your pictures, and you marry
your Rosie whenever you choose"
Bartle stared at Monsieur Leir, help
lessly. He thought it must De :ome
heartless jest, hut the old mans eyes
cleaned with their usual kindliless. He
rubbed his hands joyfu1ly as he g.oat-
Ed owe. the painters utter consterna-
ton. At last he .vouchsafed to explain.
Bartle understood vaguely that Cali
lorna millionaire had bought his pic
ture' all the pictures, and this money
was the result He -nted to write
to this amiable and discerning patron,
out Monsieur Leir hastily told him that
was impossible. The Californian had
bought the pictures and taken them
away without leaving his address. Mon
sleur Leir assured him that the Ameri-
can millionaires were note riously eccen-
trlc. Bartle drew a long breath and
looked at the pile Of notes.
lake them to the bank, nv bow"
SAID the old dealer, enchanted with the
young mans pleasure: ."and send
WIRE to certain lady,"
he made the notes into a bundle.
and put them in Bartle's pocket and
led him out of the house. The painter
walked as though he were in dream.
But when Monsieur Leir had seen the
young man safely on his way to the
bank he went to his own apartment.
He took out Charles pictures, which
had remained in the safe obscurity OF
we'll locked cupboard. One by one
he ripped them off their stretchers, and
one by one he put them in the fire. He
laughed as he saw them crackle in the
flames. Then he took Ratchet and
cut up the stretchers eatly.
Here is some excellent firewood,"
he chuckled, rs he gave the bundle to
his mail
He rubbed his hands when he
thought that thus he saved several
coppers. It had slipped his memory
completely that he had just made his
friend : present of 95000.-New York
Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23
LiNCOLN'S WIT.
That and Ridicule Were His Weapons of
Offense and Defense.

Wit and ridicule We're Lincoln 5
weapons of offense and defense. and
he probably laughed more jury cases
out OF court than any other man who
practiced at the bar.
Il once heard Mr.. Lincoln defend
man in Bloomington against a charge
of passing counterfeit money" Vice
President Stevenson told the writer.
''There was pretty clear case against
the accused, but when the chief wit
ness for the people took the stand he
stated that his name was J. Parker
Green, and Lincoln reverted to this the
moment he rose to cross-examine.
why J. Parker Green?, What did the
J. stand for? John? Well, why didn't
the witness call himself John P.
Green? That was his name, wasn't it?
Well, what was the reason he didn't
wish to be known by. his right name?
Did J. Parker Green havesany thing to
conceal, and if not, why did j. Parker
Green part his name in that way?
And so on. OF course the whole ex-
animation was farcical." Mr.. Steven
son continued, 'but there was some
thing irresistibly funny in the varying
tones and infections of Mr.. Linco!n:s
voice as he rang the changes upon the
mans name; and at the recess the very
boys in the street took it up as slogan
and shouted j. Parker Green" all
over the town.. Moreover, there was
something in Lincoln's way Of intoh-
ing his questions which made me sus-
picious Of the witness, and to this day
I have never been able to rid my mind
of the absurd impression that there
was something not quite, right about j.
Parker Greer. It: was, all. nonsense;
of course; but the jury must have been
affected as 1 was, for Green was dis,
credited and the defendant went free
From Frederick Trevor Hill's Z. Lin
coin the Lawyer in The Century. = :.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23
The Average Age Of Birds.

The doctrine of vegetarianism ap-
pears to be slightly shaken by the re-
suit of an investigation that an Eng
lish newspaper has made into the
subject of the longevity of birds. With,
one notable exception, the carrion Or
meat feeding birds are the longer lived.
The exception is the swan. The aver
age ages of some Of the best known
birds are given in the following: Black.
bird: lives twelve years; blackcap, fif-
.teen; canary, twentyfour; crane,
twenty -four; crow, 100; eagle, 100;
fowl, common, ten; goldfnch, fifteen:
goose, fifteen; heron fifty nine; lark,
thirteen; linnet, twenty three; nightin-
gale, eighteen; parrot, sixty; partridge,
fifteen; peacock, twenty four; pelican,
fifty; pheasant, fifteen; pigeon, twenty;
raven, 100; robin, twelve. skylark,
thirty; sparrow hawk, forty; swan,
100; thrush, ten, and wren, three years.
The average age ofSthe boarding house
variety Of chick en- Is still Undetermined.
- ew Orleans Tmes:D Democrat III
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23
The Tow IL Kicker.

+: This bit Of philosophers being passed
around by the country paper ::* The
kickers on the farm are not as hard
to get along with ssthe kickers 1.-The
towns. On: the farm there's the kick
Ing COW and our long cared friend, the
mule" 2 1l while in =town<Et there lis theold
I=mllossback, who wants all the privileges
Of Oft municipal living ithout pa wing for
them, and blocks SO far as he can ey-
cry munic ipal impr1o VEN emf: Ehe COW
may "a be- sold Tor beef and mule
trad q fora shotgn but noth hing buit
flnlnlera viii set toR,,
kick
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23
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'. Arithmetic Races.

In the recent great athletic meeting
at Canton, China; S arithmetic races
we're feature 4 Pupils /? from .Sthe
schools carried Slate and pencil, and III
the course Of the race they encoun1l:
tered a blackboard containing q sum to
be solved. :" The: boy s=Were lined up las
they reached the goal + and those hose
calcpla tons 3 IS ere ong
eliminate SS6rs bIees leftsin# tue
line; were count ca SWii
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

ROF. T. W. THOMAS,
of the University of Chi
cago. 4 has a new and inter-
esting theory on gambling.
He looks at the passion
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

The Egyptian Exploration Fund.
work ers have unearthed III the Oldest
part of the ruins of Thebes complete
chapel to the goddess Hathor. A life
size, figure of Il COW remarkably well
scnlptured and with it's colors and, gid
ing still fresh was found in place
the cow being Hathor's emblem.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

In one OF the English towns which
opened an employment bureau for the
unemployed a month ago, only four
applications have been received, and
one of these was from an out-of-work
grave-digger.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

The rapidly increasing scarcity of
ties in the country constitute one of
the grave problems which the railroads
have to face.
Indiana University has been offered
an endowment for pathological re-
search by DR.. Benjamin Taylor Terry
Of Columbia University.
The oscillating character of light.
ming flashes has been proved by B.
Walter from Photographic records,
which showed a wave-shaped fuctua.
ton in luminosity.
The new Cunarder, the Mauritania,
will. according to special cable des-
patch, be perfect palace of light, as
she will be fitted with five thousand
sixteen-candle power lamps.
The tenth Interna tiona1 Congress of
Biologists has been called to convene
in the City of Mexico on September 6,
1906. ST.. Jose 6. Aquilera will be the
chairman, and ST.. Eziquael Ordony the
general secretary. The official pro-
gram announces q number of excur-
sions in connection with the conven-
ton.
In his revised book of attitudes, the
geographer of the Geological Survey
gives the height of Mount Hood as
1925 feet, in place Of the old meas
urement Of 1882 feet. Shasta is set
down as 1880 feet high, and Rainier
at 14,363. California has twelve peaks
over 14,OGO feet, tWenty-three over 49,.
900, and fifty five over $4,000.
The Erie Railroad is about to COM
mence a series of experiments with
gasolene cars, with the idea that if
they prove practicable they will be
used on many of the small and now
improbable branch lines. It is be-
ieved that these cars will be widely
adopted because the inroads made up
on the passage receipts by trolley COM
petition make necessary more rapid
and more elastic service than is af
fOrded by the steam power.
Experiments at Sault Ste. Marie have
demonstrated that magnetic as we'll as
hematite ores can be successfully and
economically smelted by electricity,
says the Boston Transcript. Not only
can the electric process be applied to
various grades of Canadian ores, but
iron ores containing considerable per-
centages of sulphur and phosphorus,
and which up to the present have been
regarded as valueless, can be success
fully treated by the higher temperature
available in an electric. furnace.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

The new Cunarder, the Mauritania,
will. according to special cable des-
patch, be perfect palace Of light, as
she will be fitted with five thousand
sixteen-candle power lamps.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

The Oldest woman in the world is
said to be one of the inmates OF a
home for the aged in Madrid. The
venerable dame claims to, have been
born in 1881, and gives every evidence
Of being likely to enjoy several more
years of solemn wonder and admira-
ton.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

The oscillating character of light.
ming flashes has been proved by B.
Walter from Photographic records,
which showed a wave-shaped fuctua.
ton in luminosity
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

The late Mr.. Harrison Weir be-
queathed the "large silver bowl and
black stand that few lovers of cats
presented to me in commemoration Of
my having instituted the first cat show
held at the Crystal Palace" to the
Mayor and corporation OF. I4ewes. Eng
land, Of which borough he was a ma
tive:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

Indiana University has been offered
an endowment for pathological re-
search by DR.. Benjamin Taylor Terry
of Columbia University.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

For man to speak to a Turkish
woman on the street would be as much
as his life was WORTH. Even brothers
do not greet sisters or husbands wives:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23
sc|Ei(E|ADD?4Av!g|;s
.Saas.

The rapidly increasing scarcity of
ties in the country constitute one of
the grave problems which the railroads
have to face.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23
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HERE were times when
Charlie Bartle could take
his straitened :. circum-
stances with a light heart.
Who, Ill., 49,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

Rats, mice and squirrels unceas ingly
gnaw at something, not out OF pure
mischief as people generally imagine.
but because they are forced to. Ami
mails OF this class. especially rats. have
teeth which continue to grow as long
as the owner lives. This being the
case, the rodent is obliged to continue
his gnawing so as keep his teeth
ground off to proper length.
It is interesting to read that the
penny ~in-the-slot machine>antedates the
Christian era. It is a curious fact that
this ancient invention had escaped no.
tice of the Patent Office until long
automatic selling machines. 1t is
stated that more than 1000 years ago
Egyptian priests sold holy water to
the faithful by similar machine.
The use of choice roses as rat bait is
to be experimental upon by the Bio
logical Bureau of the Department of
Agriculture. The bureau has been in
formed of a number of cases where
rodents that spurned tempting cheese
and crackers were easily enticed by a
rose, and it is believed that the re-
suit Of the experiments proposed by
the bureau will be to show conclusive
ly that these flowers surpass cheese,
crackers, rinds. of bacon and other
bats that are commonly used to entice
rats into traps.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-23

a triumph for the officials, and the
newspapers gibed freely because they
had go. the better Of willy Hebrew.
Now Rudolph Kuhn lad client who
chose y spend much Of his vast wealth
in the acquisition of Old Masters, and
no sooner had he read these entertain
ing paragraphs than he hurried to the
dealers shop. When he saw the pic
ture he burst out laughing.
Il like your .impudence, trying to
pass that off as copy"
II showed them the receipt" smiled
Rudolf, with a. depre eating shrug OF
the shoulder. Il propose to sell it IS
a copy. It was sold to my representa-
tive in Paris as such.''
The millionaire looked at the dealer
and chuckled. "We.i. Uncle Sans
Custor!s are good enough guarantee
for me. I'll give. lou fifty thousand
dollars for it,
':I',l take sixty" answered the other.
quietly 5 e. -.
.''Not bad for a copy smiled the
buyer. ':.I'l have it at that ~
He carried the picture off, and with
it the various documents which the
Custom House had delivered to Rudolf
Kuhn in proof that he had paid both
duty and fine. In face o.: these it
would have been a skept:c indeed who
doubted tile authenticity of=so delight
full "a work. -...>.sss .=.->> Zz s :.z.
n;%@S* ~ $3.50 - ~ !; i
Some weeks later Monsieur ssLeir
again knocked 1T Charlie Bartle's door.
He advanced into the middle of the
studio. and Wi hout t. IS word counted
out fifty Eng fish. banknotes of @ hum
lsdreds pound b N III.
BE- Tie ] die ens are you doing.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-06
MICHIGAN BEAN GROWERS
ARE MAKING BIG FIGHT
American Society Of Equity Urges
Farmers to Hold Crop for
S1.5D Per BusheI This
Fall

George @. winans of Hamburg, Micn. s,ate
organizer for the American Society OIL Eqai.s,
has the following to say about tne pls ns.
the organization Is now making IN thae s'a'S
fol the bean growers: ,.,.o.ost,ne
ssThe bean situation Is the most interesting
one now l want to state 10 the iaiieis, ~ ~,
Michigan that their growing crops OF peans is mas
already been sold to the wholesalers and Jop-
hers Of beans for 81. 35 per bushei to pe de.
1ivered In October and November, ana tnat u
is the speculator who is operating In Mlcnisah
who has done it. No legitimate dealers VII
beans. like the Michigan Milling company ?r
anv other legitimate buyer in Michigan, VINO -
bandIing actual beans, dare raise the price ~
The farmer for fear of personal loss as .ne
spectators on the boards Of trade nave niaue
the market prices in the past.
"No one else except the Michigan IaInitI
has the power to break this compinaton wnion
ali legitimate dealers are anxious 70 nave
smashed and let the law OF supply anu ue
mand become operative. .,. a. ,or,
making an active campaign to organize tne
farmers to hold for the fair price or Sl.ov per
hushel (two pounds picked). Meetings Will pe
held in all the bean growing sections OF tne
state OF which the farmers VIII see noticeS,
and 1 advise the farmers to turn out en- mas
and organize in this society TO protect tnelr
own interests and in SO doing bring prosperity
10 themselves and all legitimate business men
in the state. ,.. ,or ~.
..If the farmers will hold their beans Tor the
nr,ce of 81 so for the months of September, Oc-
tober and November, they will get 1t ever after,
scacb the speculator and gambler lesson that
will never be forgotten and restore the law OF
supply and demand"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-06
CHICAGO GRAIN
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
+ CHICAGO Sept 5--The wheat market SUI
fered a decline today because OF faliing OH
in the export demand and lower price In Tor
eign markets. in the close, December wheat
was 1N cents lower. corn was down " cent,
oats were u cent higher and provisions were
unchanged to s cents lower. At the immediat1
opening today in the wheat market prices
broke heavily being all the day from 10 i7s
cents below tho close of yesterday December
onened 1o to 1ssc lower at 9sA@9s%c, and sold
between ss%c and s1.oo9s, and closed easy at
CSC. ~, A..
Clearances Of wheat and flour were equal 10
24S 600 bushels Primary receipts were Llll.oVo
bushels. against 6i2,Q00 bushels on the same DAY
last year. go r,..o..-
ber opened unchanged to sc lower at INg viNy
61Mc.- sold between 60%c and 62Ac, and ciosea
easily at 60Ac.
Trading in oats was very light and the mar
Vet held firm throughout the day. December
opened Nc lower to kc higher at 53sscqo4c' ana
The provision market firm because OF largo
shipping and fair buying of January iard. Az
the close October pork was SC lower at $lo.bo-
.srd was soc lower at 1910. Kids were un-
changed to 21kc lower at $50
PORTLAND, Sept. 5.-Wheat-club' $40; oiue
stem, 83Q1S4c; red, 7S@T9c valley, Sic.
ToCOMA, Sept. 5.-Wheat weaker. but quo
tations unchanged; blue stem, SAC; club SIC;
red soc.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 5.-Wheat Arm; De-
cenber 81 COZ; cash, S1.52ls. Barley strong;
December. sls7ik; May, s1.SsA; cash, sl.sS.
Corn steady; large yellow, s15O@l0o
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-06
REDWOOD LUMBER
SHIPMENTS INCREASE
SAN FRANCISCO DRAWS HEAVILY
ON oUPPLY
Totals for First Seven Months Of Year
Exceed Those of Corresponding
Periods of Two Previous
Years

Shipments of redwood lumber from up upper
California during July aggregated 20 svS @ o.s =
feet compared with 80. 1885, 1857 feet and 3S,STSli'
feet shipped during the corresponding lsoo ana
1905 periods About three-fourths OF the totai'
viz 26, 463,12s feet. were destined to san FRAN
cisco bay, about II per cent to Southern Cali- aI :
fornia and the rest 10 miscellaneous, inciudins
foreign ports. The total shipments for the
seven months of the year, 260,l5S,l75 feet, are ,
over 27 per cent in excess of the correspondents
1906 figures and about 35 per cent larger tnan
the corresponding 1905 figures. The CROWN M ol
shipments during the last year is due almost
exclusively to the larger quantities shipped 70
San Francisco bay the respective 1907 figures
1856, ,os1 s74 feet, being about 40 per cent In ex-
cess of the corresponding 1906 figures.
Arrivals of pine and fir at California points
during July, 7S.9546 $40 feet are considerably pc
low the figures for the earlier months OF u, inc
year. and even lower than the corresponding
1906 figures The total arrivals for the seven
months Of the year, s6S s1S.O70 feet, are, how
ever. over 40 per cent in excess Of the CORE.
sponding 1905 figures. About two-thirds OF
these arrivals is credited to San Francisco pay
while the remainder appears to have been snip
ped to Southern California points.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-06
VICIOUS MORAY IN
FIGHT WITH SAILOR
One of Three Hundred Fish That Came
from Bermuda Bites the Man
Severely Before He Is
Freed

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Bringing one Of
| the largest collections of tropical fish
ever sent from the temporary biological
station in Bermuda Of the New York
university the Bermudian arrived yester-
day with thirty tanks filled with speci-
mems with which the observation tanks
in the aquarium at the Battery will be
replenished. More than 800 fish were In
the consignment, which was In charge
of G. w. Bartelmez, assistant to Frof.
C. L. Bristol, who is director of the
station at Whites island in the Bermuda
group.
Special care was taken to secure larger
and finer specimens than ever before, In
order that the aquarium shall look at its
best when the scientists of all the world,
who are attending the Geological Inter
national congress In Boston, make their
visit to this city next week. The ship
ment came in good condition, only thirty
fish dying on the voyage.
To enliven the voyage large speckied
moray wriggled out of it's tank one night
and before 1t was caught severely bit one
Of the seamen. AS near to the tabled
sea serpent as anything that comes out
of the sea- the moray is vicious fish,
and this one is four feet in length John
Pientora, who was watching over the
tanks early yesterday morning. heard
commotion and saw the moray gliding
along the deck playing hide and seek
among the tanks. He grasped 1t and the
fish bit him until he screamed for help.
Other seamen went to his assistance
and had to pry open the morays jaws
to make it release its grip on the arm
of the sailor
Work of transferring the tanks to the
aquarium began yesterday afternoon, and
win be completed today. In the qollec-
ton ARE angel fish, several varieties OF
parrot fish, surgeon fish with the sharp
lance-like bone in evidence; cownsn'
which almost have horns, queen trigger
fish, porcupine fish with immovable quills;
a large number of brilliantly colored
groupers, one weighing twenty pounds;
a big tropical lobster, four-eyed fish and
many others.
So far 1900 fish have been sent here
from the biological station In Bermuda,
and the consignment received yesterday
will make the aquarium collection un-
equaled in the world.