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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

eating sugar or salt on his berries if
you smiled at him, Betty? But do say
you'll come in the city with me,
DEAR
We'll, l WILL" answered Betty; "but
/ really mustn't spend any money-if
l can help it, | owe the washerwom-
an, Mrs. Larsen. for two weeks now"
"Oh, well, she will have all the
more coming to her at once when you
do pay her. suggested Virginia, cas-.
lily. If she had it, perhaps it would
all have been spent by this time"
Betty and her friend looked at" the
hats in Nine. Victoria's, with the re-
suit that might have been expected.
When at last a particularly becoming
one, light and summery in effect,
with pink roses and white muslin, and
brim that dropped and fell in en-
ticing ways, framed the pretty girl
ish face and set off to best advan-
tage all its fresh loveliness, perhaps
it is no wonder that the temptation
proved too great to be resisted. The
hat became Betty's and the last crisp
bank-note, that should have gone. to
pay Mrs. Larsen's hard-earned wage,
passed instead into Nine. Vittoria's
already overfowing cash-drawer
Betty had intended to ask her IA
ther for money that evening, but the
arrival of unexpected guests quite put
the matter out of her head. The
next morning her father was obliged
to take an earlier train than usual
and in the hustle of getting his early
breakfast, the matter quite slipped
from her mind.
Mrs. Larsen came that day to iron,
and Betty, not without a twinge of
conscience, explained that she was
short of money and would have to
wait until>her father came home that
night, to pay for the days work and
the past dues. :*
DR.. Everett had been called sto New
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
In Baltimore.

Several amusing incidents have oc>
CURED in the Washington Juvenile
court of late, which have been re
peated by many people as typical OF
some testimony produced there.
Not long ago colored boy was
charged with a misdemeanor, and the
judge asked him about his parents.
"You love your mother, don't your
his honor asked.
In a disinterested tone the boy re
piled: "Oh, yes, like her all right
It was some days after that boy
with foreign name was brought be
fore the court as a witness. He was
frightened, and the judge wished tc
put him at his ease. So he began by
asking some unimportant questions.
"You have peculiar name,"' the
court remarked. Were you born il
this country?" =,<z.:* - :.
mo, SIR replied the boy. 7 =zwaa
born in Baltimore. -ss.., & .z < * ~ s: @ 8.
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
nere when the baby was sick few

here when the baby was SICK a lew
days ago"
"Set down, num-" said the woman
in friendly tone, with quick nod to-
wards an empty chair, but not paus-
ing for an instant in her deft disrobing
of the baby. r
Presently the baby fell asleep.
Betty, realizing that the danger was
over for the time, drew a long sigh OF
thankfulness and relief.
Just then step was heard in the
hall, and Hilda cried Mamma" Betty
looked up-to see Mrs. Larsen.
'*Sure, an the little one was i'll a'gin,
Mrs. Larsen, but tits all right now,"
said Mrs. Murphy. Mrs. Larsen, with
hardly a glance at Betty, dropped on
her knees by Mrs. Murphy, and taking
the baby from her held it closely to
her breast and covered the small face
with kisses. Then she rose and said
gently: "Oxcuse me, Miss-but--''
"Oh, Mrs. Larsen" exclaimed Betty,
impulsiVely, Il am SO sorry, and I am
so glad the baby is safe-and I never
guessed it was your baby DR.. Everett
wrote me about. I--have brought
some food for the baby and some fruit
for your little girl
Mrs. Murphy slipped away, and Mrs.
Larsen sat down with the baby in her
arms. while Betty tried to make
friends with Hilda.
Had you already bought a bottle OF
the food DR.. Everett recommended,
Mrs. Larsen?"
mo, Miss. I hat no money. There
iss no money in de house to-day-and
l hat went to see two ladies, but they
wass not in" Her voice was low and
gentle; there was no hint of repcoach
in it. Betty blushed scarlet. Mrs.
Larsen-and I have kept you waiting
for your money! Why didn't you tell
me? 1 never dreamed you could need
it so." The tears stood in her eyes.
The next day DR.. Everett returned,
and, of course, hastened to the home
of his fancee. Betty threw herself in
his arms. "Oh, Harry, thought you
would never come. I've wanted you
so much! And you must save that
baby, and I'll never keep anyone wait
ing for their money again." DR..
Everett looked somewhat bewildered
at these impetuous remarks, but he
was used to his small sweetheart's S
ways, 50 presently he drew her down
beside him and said: Now you can
tell me all about it,
And Betty d1e so, not sparing her
self in. the least. And. Harry I just
couldn't wait for papa to come home
that night, so I returned my new hat
to Madame Victoria's and asked her to
give me back the money for it. l have
bought so many hats there for years
that she was willing to do me the ia
vor, and took the money to Mrs. Lar
sen at once. Oh, Harry, if the baby
had died, I should always have felt
that it was my fault for keeping back
the money when it was so much
needed.
"And, Harry-are you quite sure
you won't mind me wearing my old
hat? The new one was so pretty
DIR. Everett. clasped her to him.
my darling, I'd love you just as much
if you wore a coal-scuttle on your
head" And he kissed the sweet face
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

York ON a business matter connected |
with the settling of an uncle's estate.
He had been away for two days, and
Betty had ,fnat morning received
long letter from him. After a few
words in regard to the business that
had called him away and a page or
two of Elover-ike expressions Of long
ing ito he with her again, he had writ
ten:
':Mow, my darling, wish you would
do something for me; l have never
liked to trouble you with the stories
of Hardship and sorrow that a man Of
my profession must see so often; but
sometimes my Betty can help, and a
doctors wife must be ready at times
to give her sympathy and aid to suf-
fering mortals. The day before left
New York, I was called to see poor
man on Gray street. AS I left his
room-on the top floor of poor tene-
ment house, saw through the open
door Of another room "a little child of
some seven years, with baby on her
lap. The baby was choking and gasp
ing and evidently in need of help. I
entered the room, found the little girl
alone with her charge, and I was able
in short time to relieve the baby's
suffering. The mother, a widow, was
away at work, and the small seven
year-old was left with the entire
charge of 1.-The. baby during her moth
er's absence. The infant was feeble
and :sickly, evidently poorly nourished.
| wrote down the name of a baby-food
that has been very successfully used
at our hospitals, and urged her to get
some at once
Nov, Betty, dear, have thought of
that poor baby so many times since
yesterday. 1 AM afraid the mother
does not realize the Importance of get
ting better food for the little one, and
as she probably does not read English
(she is Swede), she may not be able
to read and follow the direction on the
bottle. l wish you would go down
and see her, and see that she under
stands it. You might take bottle of
the food Ks with you. I would
have got some for her, but had no time
that day, as I was already late for an
appointment. When I return I will
see about getting the child on the list
for the Floating hospital. A little care
now will save the baby-lacking this,
it has small chance for life"
Betty had no difficulty in finding the
street and house to which she had
been directed. AS it chanced she ar
rived at a time of some excitement.
Hilda, the seven-year-old sister, had
been alone with the baby when it was
suddenly seized with commissions.
Hilda had laid the child on the bed
and had run hastily to a kindly neigh
bor on the floor below, a Mrs. Murphy.
Mrs. Murphy had promptly come to
the rescue, armed with steaming tea
kettle, and with practiced hands was
making ready to give the baby hot
water bath.
It was just at this moment that
Betty arrived. The door was open and
she took in the scene at a glance. She
stood hesitating whether to retreat or
advance, but thinking she might be of
some service. knocked and entered. In
few words she explained that she
was friend of Dr. Everett, "who was
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
Chiidhood's Worst Terror.

An examination of 1,500 children re-
Gently made shows that thunder
storms are. by far the worst terror of
childhood Afterward, in the order
set down, come snakes, strangers,
darkness, fire, death, disease, wild ami
mails, policemen, water, insects and
ghosts. In the fear of rats and mice
girls exceed boys in the ratio of Is to
49, In boys fear begins to diminish
after the fifteenth year, in girls after
the eighteenth.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
Why This Druggist Sells for Cash.

II remember" said the negro drug
gist, interviewed in Atlanta, '*the las,
time we got into trouble. We needed
s400 to pay our bills. I picked out
some of our best customers and gave
them a heart to heart talk and tole
them what trouble we were in. The,
all promised to pay; but on the day
we set for payment, out of $1,6st
which they owed us we collected but
1925. After that experience we GANG
down to a cash basis. We trust nc
one and since then we have been do
ing we'll" Ray Stannard Baker, il
American Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

It is built in the Italian style,.
fashion greatly in vogue in Russia at
that day, and is entirely Of white
stucco,s with marble porches, ter:
races and .colonnades:5 The. rooms
are vast in size, as is indeed usual. in
all the fine, houses in Russia, the cell
ings lofty, and the whole most beau,
stifully prop portioned Every ything in
the house is @of the time Of the =imperi-.
Al donor: 81 n the; ballroom stands "a
huge mirror ith magni idc dcentS bronze
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
knoWIedue and RELIGION,

A little philosophy inclineth mans
mind to atheism, but depth in -philo-
sophy bringeth mems minds about to
religion.--Bacon. i =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
I Damage by Surface Cars.

S. Surface cars on Manhattan island
DO DO & daily damage to persons and prop
=erty in the average sum Of $3.50. z.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
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Innocent Soul

Papa said the little boy, s..ain't stha=
trees green out here IN thu country1
The folks paint 'em up that waI, don't.
theY7,' .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

By Nine. De,;Meissuer

Russian Families Spend }'e the Brief
Summers in Charming Country
Places-Description ofa Beauti-
full Home-Quaint5c Church Cere-
mony Over Installation Up Of a Sacred
1mage-Horses aHNecessity on
Account Of GreaADistances-
Life Still PatriarchFatl-
to Aged PensionersIz
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

The king ENGLAND paid visits weird
CaPuchn monks Palermo
at the sln brothers
are shown @ With humorous familiarity monks
he bodies Of notable se'ans buried Il
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22

dan picture a long train of camels crossing desert with their cargo of mail.
 The early local stamps of the Unit ed States were favorite field for the | illustration of mail carrying. Cincin- natl had stamp showing carrier tramping the streets with his bundle of letters The Hartford stamp of 1844 presented the picture of a gentleman wearing high hat and carrying a bag of precious mail on his back. Hus- sey's mail gave an idea of expedition in the service of its patrons by show ing mailmen who ran at top speed Hnmboldt's smail-express pictured q 1 fast-going stage coach. A St. Louis stamp was similar to that of Cincin- natl already referred to.
 | The Fresno and San Francisco mail of 1894 made necessary by unfavorable transportation facilities existing in the hurrying across a sun-baked plain at the base of towering mountain range
 Wells Fargo's stamp of 1860 illus. trated the pony express.
 A number of stamps have shown mythical methods of mail carrying ranging from the service of Mercury to tall stepping gentlemen who adorned in the latest styles tiptoed over house. tops with ponderous sacks of letters and packages. An example of this Iat> ter was bIOOO s Clty DtSpatcn or the 40's. The picture thereon was that Of a high hat individual loaded down with bags Email, who was springing from roof to roof of buildings much in the fashion that old Santa Claus travels on his yearly rounds
 The carrier pigeon has been shown on a number of stamps, but strange to say has not illustrated, the postal car. riers of the one country-France-- which it really did a great service as a mail messenger. The use of the pi- geon on stamps has been merely typi. cal of the reputation of that bird as a carrier. The service 1t performed in this connection was in carrying let teSs to the beseised Frenchmen in Paris during the Franco Prussian war The pigeons were taken from the city In balloons and after being ladened with the mail designed for the penned- up Frenchmen, were liberated at the points reached by the balloons Scores of them succeeded in making their way back to Paris and they carried much valuable mail.
 All in all there is a very interesting study in stamps that show mail trans porting methods and a specialized col- lection of such. while not necessar- fly expensive. is very absorbing and instructive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22

This is the season of the year when the worlds greatest postal service is taxed to it's uttermost in caring Tor tne immense quantity of mail matter thai the spirit of christmas always produc- es. While there are large increases in the bulk of the mail matter as the other holidays of the year roll around. none of these approach the record or the Christmas mail, and from one end of men whe have charge of our epis- ties and packages are obliged 10 ex. ert themselves to the utmost in order to meet the requirements of the festiye season.
 While the railroads and steamships carry by far the largest part of the malls, there have been other modes or conveyances, and there are at this time some variations of the methods employed in transporting the .commu- nications of the letter writing pup . lie, and 1t is a matter worth Knowing, several of the more interesting means of mail carrying are illustrated on the little postage stamps themselves.
 The railroad train has come to De a fayorite postage stamp subject. ihe locomotive was shown on the three cent blue stamp as early as loog, os..; sse eight-cent stamp of the Trans-Missis sippi issue of 1898 showed Q squad oi troops guarding a mail tratG, and tne t,Sosceut Pan-American issue of lS0l nicture familiar to nearly everybody :. n., ed the famous goth Century Linn tied. and was the latest issue Of the Uaited States postage stamp showing a train of cars.
 Az dozen other countries have DIG tured the mail train on their stamps The Honduras specimen, which Is H. frustrated herewith, was issued in 1S9S' Mexico issued a train stamp In ls9o, and continued this through several years with variations in the color, pa per etc. -
 The mail carrying steamships nave also played an honorable part on pos tage stamps. The Pan-American is- sues of the Cntted States presente ed examples of this. and almost every country that has departed from tn c conventional in stamp production has illustrated one kind or another of wa sar craft Very pretty ocean going mail vessels are shown on the stamps of the German colonies of 1900, and in- dicated the marine supremacy of our cousins across the water which su- premacy, it may be remarked in pas . sing, has lately been wrested from them by our other cousins. The Caro- line Islands stamps, an illustration oi which accompanies this article, is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22
"This is Ny 50th Birthday"
Mime. Nordica.

Lillian Norton (Mme. Nordica), the famous prima donna, was born in Far mington, Me-, December g, 1857. As a girl of IS sor 19 she was sent to study at the conservatory in Boston. and at the same time sang in the church choir. Her first public appear ance was made at Boston concert. when she sang Leonora's aria from "Il Trovatore" in a way that led to her being engaged as the soprano solcist for the Christmas oratorio of The rick Gilmore, the famous bandmaster. discovered" her and took her with his concert to Paris. Tn Paris, at the age of 21. she made her first appear ance at the Trocadero. and from that date her pathway to fame was a smooth one Her debut in grand opera was made in Brescia, Italy, and thereafter she appeared successfully in St. Pe- tersburg. Berlin. Paris and other Eu- ropean capitals. Her first London ap- pearance was at Covent Garden in 1887. When she returned to America it was to sing at the Metropolitan opera House with the greatest singers of the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22
for the recent advance in the price of

for the recent advance in the price of milk,
 Among those indicted are: William J. Rogers, President of the Borden Condensed Milk Company; Charles Knight, Chicago manager; John H. Marsh, Chicago Superintendent of the Borden Company; J. R. Bowman, Pres ident of the Bowman Dairy Company; c. E. Peck, an officer of the Bowman; George E. Chapel of the Kee T. Chap pei Dairy Company; the Ira J. Mix Dairy Company, Ira J. Mix. William B. Wanzer, Howard II. Wanzer. Edward F. Newton and Thomas E. Tore. all members of the local dairy companies In it's report the grand jury says:
 Tn our opinion the testimony sub mitted conclusively proved the exist ence of a combination for the purpose of advancing the price of milk"
 All of the men and corporations in- dicted are members of the Illinois MiK Dealers Association and all were said by witness before the grand jury to have been present at meeting of the Association in this city immediately preceding the recent adv9nce in the price of milk. The members of the as- sociatio,i, however. assert that prices were not discussed and that no action regarding prices was taken up at the meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22
ssMr. Dooley on the Sailing of tie Fzeet''

. bow an arrer wud have again a ma. chine gun. You an I know. Hinnfssy, firm readin' what tn naval experts tell us--oh. tn fine thoughtful feilows!--- that these Japs are an appallin' race iv people. Who can tell what they are thingin' about. We don't know their language. They may be thinkin, about annything. They are horribly warlike people who fought exclusively with two.handed swords ontil about twinty minutes past eight last Thursday af- ternoon. Tn almost day they have risen to bs wurruld power. They first crushed tn savage Chinese whose splendid navy composed of eight float in pagodas heavily armored with bam- boo had up to this time ruled tn waves. In vain tn gallant Chinymen burned incense, hurled stink-pots. beat kettles an hit tn chimneys. tn front stoops. tn rockin' chairs. tn stained glass windows. tn pipe stands, tn beautiful ly embroidered prayers fir victhry an all tn othor armymint iv tn Chinese Armada to slivers. an tn fine navy tbat had tn day befure slipped so graca- fully off tn mud with tn tide was no more--an. not much less
 ''So 1t was whin tn bold Rooshyans challenged tn power iv this mighty small people. Wan day. on that dhread. ful day whin tn wurruid was startled be tn news that war had been declared between Japan an Rooshya or about . week befure. tn great Rooshyan fleet ley at anchor in tn harbor iv Port Ar. thur. Ivry precaution had been taken be tn officers an sailors iv tn Czar. They had gone ashore. Ye know what tn gallant Japanese done. An whin Rooshya sawed her resarve fleet loose firm tn docks where 1t was stuck an sint 1t out to lay low tn flag iv Yip- pon. ye kno wwhat happened. Tn Rus swans were no match fr their resoorce- full inimies. Tn spite iv tn fact that they were -provisioned an very mutinous tn Rooshyans cud not stand up befure tn ruthless fire iv their foes. Ths Japs concentrated their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22

at others. an that it is dotted here an there withT unimpoftant an unsafe lookin' islands, some small. which are called Great Britain or Japan. an cth- CTS largo. which are called America, which wreck ships an bosun's mates poor Bob what he knew about the Straits iv Magellan he'd prob'bly say they were an alley full iv water creat- ed be Hiven fr boats to so through aisily firm wan ocean to another.
 "Accordin' to tn experts that rule Brittanya that rules tn sea even if Bob does get to tn Passynck he's goin' knows tn jurors iv tn Passyfick Cor cares about thim) as he does tn tur- TOTS iv tn Atlantic. This here mis- named body iv water. they tell me. is very heavy going. At times it lies quiet an smilin'. at other times 1t is iashed Into fury be tn awful mongoose. thropica1 wind that blows acrosr Its surface an makes tn waves run noun tains high to wan who has niver been to sea or tn mountains. It abounds with coral reefs (fnuch used be th' peo- pie iv thim part as joolry) an is full " goold fish an other dangerous deny- zons iv tn sea.
 tn Passy1ck ocean Is . large body fv water, like tn Atlantic on'y larger and that tn mongoose is q kind iy wind that blows. It is not as vi'lent as tn wind around tn Flatiron building tn New York where he was wanst almost killed be havin' a cab blown against him, but 1t is a tidy breeze that makes tn dhrafts betther aboord ship an sometimes tips over cattymaran or . canoe that a student iv tn Tokyo Uni- versity is ta1gin' his girl out into th' Passyflck in. An so 1t goeA
 '.Supposin' our frinds tn Japs shud get croos or foolish at us afther readin' tn opinyons iv tn naval critics about thim. What does Bob Evans know about thim? Faith. he'll have no more - ..xtSt, &hkvx, thin Indian with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22
By E. P. DUNNE
(cepyright, 1901. by \. | MeClnrs = Ce.)

shots on tn afther turrents which were full iv canned caviar an Jungle-ham which exploded with awful e6ect An Rooshya's naval power. also. was no more thin 1t had been.
 An dye know. I suppose Bob Dv. ans don't think iy th' Jap'nese as befn' such . divvle iv . race. bet ye. if ye miEyit ye wudden't obsarve moro thin tn usual number iv life presarvers. He'd prob'bly say about our frinds. tn Japs. that he liked thim; that they were an arnusin' people; that he hated ,to lose cook he had that was nne at turnin' out turkey hash: that tn Jap'- nese admiral was . gr-reat frind of his an wanst give him . high old time in Tokyo; an that tn laps were ell right gin'rally an cud sail am fight. too; an they'd picked up quite . good deal about navy matthers firm us an he wudden't be surprised if they give a good account iv thimsilves some day. An he'd say he wud hope ther'd be no fightin' on'y hopin' there'd be no light in was no part iv his business. He's goin' to be in . dhreadful position beset be tn jurors iv tn naval ex- pert an ignorant iv thim all. An I bet ye tn poor thoughtless man is set tin this minyit on tn deck W his ship. with his white pants on. his cap on tn back iv his head. . cigar . foot or two long in his mouth. maybe . glass iv somethin' with lemon In 1t in his hand. wondhrin' what kind iv . Christ mas it's goin' to be at home. An wisht was with him fr I'm goin' to have me own throublss fir tn next month or two, an I'd rather. as Ho- gan says, flee tn jurors that are not thin tn turrors that are"
 There may be something In what tn i'm experts say" said Mir. Hennessy. We'll said MT. Dooley. If yen al- low me. Hinnissy, to explode . joke that ought to be good fir it's stood tn test iv time, I'll say to ye that tn raie naval experts an tn other kind are all at sea :"