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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
He Escaped.

''Scotty Smith is the nickname Of
man living in Southern Africa whose
adventures and escapades would fill
q volume AS a "veldt' man he is
unsurpassed. In "Gun and Camera in
Southern Africa" the author gives aD
account of one of his many escapes.
During the troubles in 1888, think,
he was surprised and captured by the
marauding Beers, and taken to their
headquarters at Roof Grond, near Maj
eking. He was condemned to be shot
on the following day, and was fastened
with ropes inside a hut at some distance
from the camp fire.
During the night he slipped bis bonds.
crept to the place where tho Boer
horses were stabbed, saddled and bri-
died two of the best of them, and made
his escape from under the very noses Of
the Dutchmen
A day or two afterward he met
Beer, who was personally acquainted
with him, who informed him that he
was looking for "Scotty Smith"
'Well," said Scotty in Dutch, teT-m
looking for Scotty Smith, too; wen
go together" ~
They rode together for some hours,
and then Scotty found an opportunity.
slipped his man, and betook himself
TO safer part of the country.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
What We Don't Do,

"Shure," remarked an Irish gardener,
looking up admiringly at his employer
a great scholar, 'your honor must know
a terrible lot"
''Thank you, Pat" returned the pro-
fessor. II ought to know q great deal.
for my entire life has been given up
to study"
1T has," echoed the admiring garden.
er; "and is there anything your honor
doesn't know?'' =
things
"Shure," came the unexpected reply,
and it there's anything yer know yer
don't know I'd like yer to tell me- what
1t is."
Now to be asked to state exactlv
what one does not know Is rather diff
cult In many ways, because if we knew
what we didn't know there would be
something wrong somewheres. The
more you think over this problem Of
Pats the more involved it becomes
It is interesting, however, to look at
the question in different light, and
then we discover how ignorant we
really are. There are plenty of things
we know Of, but are unable to explain
A school-boy might instruct an ancient
philosopher in many things to-day, but
that school-boy could puzzle the greatest
scholar or scientist alive with his ques-
tons. We have advanced greatly in
knowledge, it is very true, but if like
Pat you want to know what no one
knows, a few simple questions will be
enough to start with. The simpler the
question the better, for they are the
hardest to answer. For instance, what
is elechAcity?-and there at once you
have something With which every one
is familiar, and nobody knows.-Har.
per's Young People.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
Go About Your Business.

Upon the old Temple clock In Lon
don is a singular inscription, the origin
sef which is said to have been lucky
accident A...
About two hundred years ago, mas
ter workman was employed to repair
and rnt new face upon the clock
When his work was nearly done he
asked the Benchers for an appropriate
motto to carve about the base. They
promised to think of one. Week after
week he came for their decision. but
was put off. One day he found them
at dinner In commons.
''ssWhat motto shall put on the clock,
your lordship? he asked of learned
judge.
''Oh, go about your business.w his
honor cried angrily.
And very suitable for lazy, david
ling gangI the clock maker is said to
have muttered as he retreated. It is
certain that he carved go about your
business on the base
# The lawyers laughed.and decided that
no better warning could be given them
at any hour Of the day, and there the
Inscription still remains.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
Trapping the Steam.

A Manchester firm is introducing a
new steam trap of great simplicity.
AS described by "Industries and
lron," it consists of a box OF the
ordinary construction provided with
inlet and outlet orifces. The inlet
can be closed, by means of a conical
valve. which when pressed into the
orifice and against it's edge forms an
effectua7 seal. The valve is fastened
into bar, extending longitudinally
OF the box, and sufficiently long as
practically to fill it, being secured at
each end. The bar when subjected
to the steam which enters the
trap expands, and being bound
longitudinally naturally buckles or
bends. 1t is prevented from bending
in one direction by stop, and must
therefore do so in the direction of
the inlet. The result is that the
valve is pressed into the latter, and
closes it. AS soon as water collects
the heat acting on the bar diminishes,
and contracts, thus withdrawing the
valve and permitting water to pass.
This action goes on automatically.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
Ho usellOld HeIDS.

Always keep slice of lemon and
a bottle of glycerine to use when
washing your hands The lemon
will take off stains and glycerine
used when the hands are wet and
wiped off will soften and whiten the
skin. * g:E gs s*,~r
Alpaca for bathing suits has been
strongly recommended by thoseswho
have tried it as a substitute for the
old stand by flannel. It is said to be
much lighter, and to have the merit
of shedding water instead OF holding
it, as does the dannel or serge.
Do not b1acken and begrlme your
hands by polishing the stove bare
handed. Instead utilize the paper
bags in which your groceries come
by covering your hands with them.
Then use the blacking brush without
fear Of soiling either skin or nails.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04

bounds along very fast, and the pace
is always deceptive. ] have made
some lucky shots and rolled over
several leopards by bullet just be-
hind the shoulder: have missed,
or merely slightly wounded, others.
Still it is better to be on foot than
on an elephant. have shot leopards
from an elephant, but my recollec-
tions OF leopards in connection with
the howdah are not altogether pleas
ant. One day, after long and
weary beat for tigers for several
hours with old Pundit Grant in
! Dinagepore, we at last disturbed a
leopard 1t quickly hid itself, and
with our twelve elephants we
searched for it for nearly an hour
among bushes that would hardly
have hidden a hare.
In front of us was large tank full
OF water, which the leopard could
not have swan across without being
seen. My elephant was rather in
front and had reached the top of the
bank of the tank The mahout, dis
gusted and tired, was sitting loosely,
with his feet out of the stirrups; and
[ was standing carelessly leaning
forward in the howdah, with my gun
in my hand. Suddenly the leopard
jumped up right under the elephants
trunk, and the elephant started back,
nearly throwing the mahout off.
while was pitched against the 'front.'
panel of the howdah with a blow
that knocked the wind out of me, and
hit Inc so hard on the chest that
was black and blue for several days.
Of course the leopard escaped.
Another day, when out with the
Acknowledgements of Bengal, we
found . leopard, which ran and hid
itself in a small patch of thatching
grass not two feet high. More than
dozen men were brought up to
trample down the grass and turn out
the leopard, and for more than an
hour we pounded away, but never
saw the leopard. At last, when we
all had our backs turned to it, the
leopard crept out and got among the
huts and houses of the village, and
we saw it no more.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
An English Punisninx Machine,

The only instrument used purely
for punishment in English iails now.
adays is crank handle weighted
heavily with lead and working heav-
lily inside box, an indicator at a
slit recording the mum berS OF revolu-.
tions made8, 900 to l1,OOO consti-.
tutlng u days work Among the
purely mechanical labor is included
the working at the crank handles Of,
the huge water pump, and by cranks.
too, sill the meal used in the prison
is ground, but in the case Of the corn
grinding the prisoner may rest as
often as he likes provided he gets
through his allotted task.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
I THE FRESH YOUNG NAM.
a Story Of Visit to tho Dentist re
minded tho Young Lady. s*S2


The, fresh young man had been
talking for two hours. The young
woman on: whom he was calling had
listened until she was tired to death,
and still the fresh young man worked
his jaws and talked and talked and
talked. .<,.-.~ z.~. :: : 3%8zss
q Something was said about personal
courage and will-power and that sort
of thing, and the fresh young man
took his cue. Il was down to
dentists the other day." he said.
'and I hatter myself that I proved
my courage and will-power perfectly.
I've got both. You see it was this
way: I meta friend on the street
one morning who was suffering from
a terrible toothache. His face was
all swelled up and he told me that
he was on his way to a dentists.
Now, I had nothing to do and I de-
termined to go along with my friend
and have my teeth fixed. too We
hunted up a man and went in. Ny
friends courage all oozed out at his
fnger-tips as soon as we entered the
door, and l must confess that felt q
little bit nervous myself. My friend
sat down in the chair and, as soon as
the dentist began prying around in
his mouth, he began to yell 'murder!'
and he kept it up until was ashamed
to think of him as p friend. Finally
the dentist got through with the
man who had little nerve and i
stepped into his chair, firm in the
determination that would not utter
sound, no matter how much the
dentist hurt me. ~s,4siti
"He took out one of his instru-
ments of torture and pried around il,
my mouth for a time. Then he ans,
nounced that it would be necessary to
kill the nerve in the tooth which he
had located, and he said that he
would do it then and there. He did
it. He hurt me as no mortal was
ever hurt before. He jabbed that
elongated crochet-needle of his clear
up to the top of my head and twisted
it around as roughly as if he we're
digging post-hole. All this time
my friend sat and watched me roll
around in the chair, but he didn't
hear me say word. I never opened
my mouth. 1t took courage and Il
took will-power, and for half All hour
l sat there with the tears running
down my face and suffered untold
agonies. But I didn't give up. I
didn't whimper and, would you be-
lieve it, when I got down out of that
chair I could not speak q wore
voice had lost it's full rich tone and
all could do was whisper unintel-
ligibly. 1 took it that + bit so hard
on the doctors instrument that the
strain, combined with the great ex-
ertion of will l-powr. sort of par
alyzed the vocal apparatus. l.
"Oh, Mr. Fresshep' broke in the
young woman, "why don't you get
your teeth fixed every day?"
And he never stopped to say good
night.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
a COURTEOUS EMPEROR.
How Francis Jos epI Helped Hunt an
Americans Dog. ~

T.
How Francis Jos .ph Helped Hunt an
Americans Dog. ~
Our Vienna correspondent learns from
1schl Of the following incident, which
Is reported to have happened q few
days before the Emperor Joseph left
that lovely mountain city for the man
oeuvres in Galicia. Two American la
dies In 1schl have maid with them
who is a quadroon, speaking very i'm
perfect German, and whose duty it is
to lead beautiful little dachsund by
= chain. When the ladies were out walk
Ing one morning the deg tore himself
away and disappeared into the thicket
The girl guessed that the dog had en-
tered the private grounds, but jumped
over the hedge and followed him. Sud
denly an elderly officer stood before
her and asked her what she was look
ing for. She told him and he said: eve
must call him; that will bring him
Dack faster than running after him.
What is his name?" "Wallmann," was
the reply. The officer took q silver
whistle out Of his pocket, and alternate
~ called and whistled for the dog, who
d1d not respond, though he was heard
barking hoarsely in the distance. Then
a forest guard came, and the officer
told him to find the dog, and asking the
quadroon where the ladies lived, told
the man to take it to the hotel she
named. He then bowed politely and
went his way. The quadroon asked
the forest guard who the gentleman
was. When he told her, "That was our
emperor" she left him to look for the
dog by himself and ran back to tell
the ladies. In the evening an imperial
servant appeared at the hotel to ask
whether the dog had been found.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
A Permanent Pasture,

There is no, question of more i'm
portance to the dairyman and gen.
eral stock breeder than that of Sc
curing a good, permanent pasture.
It is so rarely that we see such a
pasture that it is worth while to
consider how we can obtain it, The
desired permanence of grass for
pasture is secured only when the
grass will stand continual cropping g,
is hardy and will produce success
sion of good growths. It must
naturally form a thick. close turf in
order to resist the injurious effects
Of dry weather, and at the same time
to form such q thick mating over
head late in the season as will pro.
tect the roots from the severe cold
OF winter: The danger to good grass
lands in. late fall cropping comes
from the alternate freezing and thaw-
ing which breaks up the ground and
exposes the roots of the grass to the
cold, and if the tops of the plants are
all eaten off there is no protection
Jeff. Where there is q good cover
ing, however, the grass roots are
Kept from being winter-killed, and
the turf is also so thick that frost
will not throw the roots up to any
great extent
On low. heavy soils a permanent
pasture should, as rule. be little
different from one situated on high,
dry soil. On the low, heavy soils,
red-top, alsike, meadow; fescue and
some of the clovers do we'll for per-
manent pasture. sz 5.
Clover itself will not stand much
pasturing, but even in a permanent
pasture field it helps to fill up with q
great deal Of nutritious herbage, and
1t is valuable to mix with other
grasses. For the first two seasons it
will yield an abunda lance Of grass for
cropping Red clover, however, is
not very good in q permanent pas
ture, and it is better Ito leave it out
and take some OF: the lother varieties.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
TALKING DREAMERS.
Conversations Carried on by People
While Asleep.

Conversations Carried by People
While Asleep.
Dreamers sometimes answer ques-
tions and carry on moro or less CO.
herent conversations, declares Kate
Fields Washington.
A lady had a summer cottage on
an island in Muskoka. One night
her sons were storm-stayed on the
mainland, and a. young English Wis,
ltor went to sleep full of apprehen-
sion that Indians might visit the
house while their protectors were
absent.
In the night the hostess was sud
denly reused by some one clutching
her arm, and when she opened her
eyes she saw her guest standing by
the bedside.
"Oh, Mrs Laughton! Mrs. Laugh
toni" exclaimed the girl in hoarse
whisper, ''there's a man at the win
dow-an Indian. He's gone to get
something to climb in by''
The next moment Eva was fumb-
ling about on the floor
"What are you doing?" asked Mrs.
Laughton.
Il have some liniment in my
valise,'' was the answer. "I'm going
to get it out, and when he puts his
head through the window again I'll
throw it in his eyes"
Mrs. Laughton, who was not ner-
vous, begaz. to laugh, but Eva paid no
attention, and presently asked:
'Where's the button-hook?"
"What do you want it for?''
''Why, Mrs. Laughton," said Eva
aloud, and in very indignant tone,
''do you think I would allow myself
to be seen anywhere with my shoes
unbuttoned? No man would respect
that kind of girl.''
In the morning when Mrs. Laugh
ton awoke and looked across the
room to Eva's bed she saw the girl
sitting up, gazing with d1smay at
her crookedly buttoned shoes, in
which she had slept. She had no
recollection of the remarks she had
made in the night, and it was evident
that she had been asleep all the time
One night in camp l heard
peculiar sound near the middle OF
the tent, and by the dim light l saw
one of the campers apparently trying
to climb up the tent pole.
''What are you doing?' asked.
There's a snake in my bed,' she
answered, $50 I'm going to sleep up
there.'' s>. .~.
"Up there!'' .#-
Yes, Why notPP 1t will be more
eouAoi oe'Oto::s ! ...>.l y% ..,:: -
Then, With a sudden change OF
tone, she. exclaimed: II forgot to
say my prayers. y But instead OF
kneeling she picked herway through
the tent to the foot of one of the
beds, and lay there till morning.
She did not rememb Der the converse
tion of the night, but told us that
she, had a habit OF talking in her
sleep, and that she had often con-
versed with her sisters while she
was sleeping soundly,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
Honestly Ungratefu'.

81 hope you are suitably thankful,
brother" said Elder Keepalong, as he
walked into Deacon Ironside's work
shop and sat down on trestle, .that
the fire that burned down so many
houses on your street last night
spared your house."
Thankful" exclaimed the old
deacon. Thankful that it spared
my big house and burned the Widder
Pearsall's little cottage right across
the alley from minep Not much 7
amt! l could have stood it and she
cain't.'' -
And Deacon Ironside,, with a most
unthankful look On his rugged old
face, began filing saw. "
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04
Weaning Colts.

We can do a good deal to prevent
stagnation in the growth of the
youngster by placing the mare and
the foal in cool, darkened box stall
during the warmest hours of the day
and supplying such food as the work
ing horses are getting, until the fod-
der corn is fit to use. which may be-
come almost the entire food after
they have become accustomed to it,
It will pay we'll to supply the foal
with quantity of cows milk each
day, also some crushed oats and bran
placed in a middle pen where the
dam cannot enter. BY this treatment
the foal will readily learn to take
considerable quantity of the food
mentioned, and thus prepare it to be
weaned early if the dams services
are required for the fall work.
When the foal j. to be taken from
the dam it should be tied to an ad-
joining stall. with the partition so
open tbat they are in plain view of
each other, and the food of the mare
should be reduced to small ration
of drytoats and hay w hen the 4ud-s
der becon- 50 so full as to cause her
uneasiness, part of the milk should
be drawn off, but she should not be
MIXED dry. The first milking may
be done by the foal itself, but AFTER
wards it should be done by hand, as
the milk in the drying-o process
soon becomes unfit for the foal; and,
besides, drying off will be more
speedily accomplished than if the
offspring is occasionally permitted to
suck: After the milk has entirely
dried up the mare and colt may be
separated.
Skinned milk may still be given
to the foal, especially if the condi-
tion is not up to what may be desired;
but clean. sound oats, ground or un-
ground, constitute the best of all
grain foods. We prefer to- have
them ground, and as cold weather
approaches one-fourth in weight of
corn or pea meal may profitably be
added; Or, as wheat is low, four-ffths
oats and one-ffth wheat will be
found a capital grain ration, as it
helps to lay on fat and keeps up the
animal heat. A little oil meal, saw
pint day, may also be proftably
given with the oats for some time
after weaving: DO not be afraid of
feeding too literally. More foals
are injured the first six months after
weaving by too scanty a supply of
food than from the opposite extreme.
AS soon as the foal has forgotten it's
dam it should have the run of good
pasture, as there is no food better
than grass no medicine so good as
exercise, and no exercise so profit
able to young animals as that which
may be taken just when they feel
like it.-Farmer's Advocate. :.,-.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-04

! On light, dry soils, such as we
have scattered all through our: hilly
sections and on the sides Of hills, q
permanent pasture can be obtained
better by making lures from some
Of the other grasses For instance,
selections can be made with success
from orchard grass, Kentucky blue,
alsike, red clover and meadow fescue.
These can be added to when desired,
for many other grasses appear to be
prolific in certain localities that do
not grow we'll in others. They will
generally add to the mixture of these
selected grasses. The question of
,cheapness must also be considered,
for, in making our mixtures for a
permanent pasture, it does not al
ways pay to select the most expensive
seed. In the end the most costly
varieties are not always the most
prolific and nutritious. ,.
IL making a permanent pasture
two questions must be kept in mind
continually. One is that we need
luxuriant plants and vast amount
of rapidly growing herbage. The
plants must continue to grow
through the whole season. The
other point is that we need q thick,
close, dense turf. Without this the
plants will be killed by the late fall
cropping, and the pasture will quick
ly degenerate. Nearly all perma-
nent pastures need an annual top
dressing, and they will last longer
and produce more with such treat
ment. ALBANY Journal