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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-11
Improving American Speech.

We have received programme Of the
work proposed to be entered on: by the
American Society For the improvement,
Of Speech. It's secretary is DR.. Justin Z.
Barnes Of l6 East Forty third street,
New York city. He may be addressed
by those sufficiently interested in i'm
proving their speech to wish to becoue
members Of the organization. Professo,
Richard E. Mayne, a Delsarte interpre.
ter and teacher of e]ocution, is the pro
visional director of the new society. E
We find by consulting the programn.s
that there will be course of instruc.
tion which will include voice training
the culture Of the speaking voice that *.
An important branch, too, will be the
learning how to pronounce. We may az
pect that those unlearned individual ].
who now "laff" when anything ANUS
them will learn to "lawf" in the mos
correct manner after they have been in
structed in the niceties of pronuncie
ton by the American Society For tho
Improvement of Speech. !
We bid the society welcome. It has
vast field Of usefulness before it. This =.
the finest country the sun ever shon
upon, but its sons and daughters haT,
horribly crude, nasal, throaty voices
If you do not think so, attune your ca
to fine distinctions of sound and cor
pare the American speaking voice WI
for instance, that of cultivated Eng
hsh woman, like Lady Henry Somerset.
Note the clearness, the refinement, the
accuracy and music of her speech. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-11
Children rs Town Beautifiers.

Two thousand school children in New
York. organized to prevent the throw
ing of rubbish into the streets, may do
more effective work than that many po.
icemen. It is an interesting experiment.
that might bring good results if tried
in our own town.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-11
Rise and FAN Of a Town

Red Mountain, Colo, which four years
ago was prosperous camp Of several
Thousand people and did the largest
money order business Of any camp in
the San Juan country, is now without
postoffice. = Chicago Times Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-11

A mummified cat found under hay.
NOW has attracted French writer The
drying of the skin to parchment has
forced open the mouth in a horrible
expression of pain, and the hair has
disappeared. The weight is X of q
pound while live cat Of the size should
weigh from 519 to 6X pounds.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-11
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

S4 1SS141 AN ~ GENGjS3I. Ff5E
Peter Olson Of Lutsen was in town a
couple Of days this week.
G. A. Fullerton and Hans Hottie left
Wednesday afternoon for Duluth. Mr..
Holte went:up to file on a homestead on
Terrace hill.
Treasurer johnson left for Duluth
yesterday morning to deliver the bonds
recently issued by the county to the
purchaser and receive tho money for
them. ~-.-s-
County Commissioner jackson and
.Bernt jacobson of Hovland were in
attendance at the commissioner meet
ing Tuesday and Wednesday. They
left for homo Thursday morning.
County Commissioner Engelsen, A. A.
Nelson, Louis Engelson, Hedley Red
meyer and G. A. Hokanson constituted
q party that came IN from the west end
of the county Monday to spend a few
days in town and incidentally attend
the commissioners meeting. The party
left for home yesterday morning. =
Coffee Makosow, chief of the Grand
Portage Indians, died at Grand Portage
last Saturday, in the 46th year of his
age. Deceased was an earnest Christian
and good citizen. His many good
qualities had acquired for him the conf
dence and esteem of his superiors as we'll
as the affection of his tribesmen. For
the past twenty years he has been the
right arm of the missionary. He leaves
wife and four daughters-the eldest
of whom is but fifteen-to mourn his loss
At the regular meeting of the county
board held at the court house Tuesday
and Wednesday the usual routine bus.
mess was transacted. The accounts of
the several county officers were examined
and found to be correct. The appoint
ment OF Col. Colvill to act as county
attorney during the absence of County
Attorney Martin was ratified. Col.
. Colvin was appointed county assessor for
the ensuing year. The appointment of
road commissioners for the several dis
tricts was laid over It'll the next meeting.
Road Commissioner Braun was instruct
ed to build bridge across Devils Track
river on the town line between towns 81
and 81 range east. The Cook COUNTY
HERALD was designated the official
paper of the county for which act we are
duly grateful.
No,one ever thought OF introducing so
expensive feature as lithogrophic color
work in the days when the leading mag
azines sold for 400 year and IS cents
q copy. But times change, and magazines
change with them. It has remained for
The Cosmopolitan, sold at one dollar
year, to put in an extensive photographic
plant capable Of printing $4,000 pages
Fer day Zone calorl The January issue
presents as arfrontispiece water-color
drawing by Eric Page, illustrating the
last story by Robert Louis Stevenson,
which has probably never been excelled
even in the pages of the finest dollar
French periodicals. The cover of
The Cosmopolitan is also changed
a drawing of page length by the famous
Paris artist Rossi, in photographic colors
on which paper takes the place of the
MANILA back with its red stripe. Here
after the cover is to be fresh surprise
each month.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-11

The thirst Of New York city IL I.
some reason very much greater th;.
that Of Philadelphia. With popul,st:>
Of 1900, 900, New York has 1890 i"
saloons. Philadelphia, which is g.
thirds as large as New York, has
1854. Philadelphia is one Of the L.
distinctively American cities in the u;
ion. New York, on the other hand,
distin.tively foreign.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-11

In one sense Germany may be SAID
to be the modern medicine purveyor of
the world, says The Independent. 1t
was her chemists and doctors in the last
century who demonstrated the value of
the minerals mercury, arsenic, anthony
and sulphur, and now they have planned
a systematic attack on the vegetable
kingdom. The Berlin Pharmaceutical
Society has established central Office
for extending the worlds knowledge Of
poisonous and healing plants, and they
expect to receive reports from all parts
of the world on 'the botanic. chemic
and archaeological discoveries ir plants
OF healing or poisonous nature"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-11

France, too, has its liquor question
The note Of alarm sounded by lola il
his novels in regard to the appalling in
crease of drunkenness in France in tn,
present generation has been echoed BY
the medical profession throughout tha
country. The new excise law which was
passed some time ago proposes to remove
altogether the tax on such drinks as wine
beer and cider. At the same time the
process of rectifying alcoholic spirits j.
put under rigid government inspection
It does not occur at II to anybody il
France apparently that it is possible tc
get along without any drinks containing
alcohol, as so many pe.'ple in America
undoubtedly do and thrive on it. The
utmost stretch of the french imagina.
ton conceives only that man may get
On without drinking whisky or bran,
dy, compromising on wine, beer and
cider 1t was believed that encouraging
the drinking Of these preparations BIZ
taking the government tax Off then,
was temperance measure. The law to
this end was prepared with the approval
of the French Academy of Medicine.
Perhaps in the course of another 25
years the French will find out, as 80
many Americans found out long ego,
that even wine and beer are not habitn
ally necessary to health and happiness
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17
Treatment Of the vines.

Pumpkins and cucumbers will grow
nearly everywhere, but there seems to
be a prejudice or conviction among
many that melons are difficult to grow,
says the American AgricultCrist. On
the contrary, they can be grown as
easily as any Of the vine vegetables.
Insects are their worst enemies, but are
not troublesome after the vines have
started to run. Air-slaked lime busted
on thickly when the plants are vet
with dew or rain viii keep off the
troublesome ea-Ieetles, and l have
found nothing so cheap or effective.
Tobacco dusz is also good. Melons like
a warm, mois., sandy or gravelly loan,
though muskmelons will grow in
heavier soil than watermelons, but the
flavor is best when grown on lighter
land.
Big melons and lots of them do not
grow where plant food is scarce. OF
the muskmelons and csntaloupes, the
former being the round, neted ones,
and the latter the long, smooth sorts,
the Emerald Gem is one of the earliest
and best. 1t is quite small, dark
green, deeply ribbed, has thick salmon
flesh, small seed cavity, and the very
finest flavor. Jenny Lind is another
small early sort, but with green flesh
and of fine quality. White Japan is
another early green-heshed SORT, with
white skin. The Banana cantaloupe
is variable. The Melrose, new sort,
Is very handsome and good. Green
Montreal is large, and a very good,
late kind. Other good sorts are Miller
Cream, Delmonico, Bird cantaloupe and
Orange Christian. Among water.
melons, Kalb's Gem is probably the
leading sort while The Boss is another
good kind, White-Seeded Ice Cream
is one Of the earliest and best Will,
Hungarian Honey is a small round
early kind. Ruby Gold has swee
yellow flesh and is good garden sort.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17
MELON CULTIVATION.
WatermeIons Should Have an
Early Start TO Thrive.
DETERIORATION IN wATERMELoNs.
Varieties Of kuskmelons-Melons Are
HealthfuI-Improveme In Mel
ons-shoPt Items.

Many a person would raise few
melons for the family if convinced
there was no mystery about melon
growing, says the Pacific Tree and
Vine. For market it is essential that
they come on early TO get the cream
Of the market, and it is hard to start
them in cool weather and to keep the
bugs and other troubles in subsection.
But for family use planting may be
delayed till the ground seems thorogh-
ly warm, and it is simply astonishing
how fast they will grow, and how fast
they will grow, and how little trouble
will result from insects. A little old
air slaked lime, very fine, sifted wood
ashes, or some gypsum dusteG over the
leaves and the ground, tends to keep
them clear from insects. Melons like
good rich soil, and good manure mixed
in the earth Of the hill and hoed in
around 50 that the irrigation water
will carry down the fertility, is good.
In our experiments last year we
found the Montreal melon the best OF
the muskmelons; a little later than
some others, but good enough for any
one. We had a watermelon with
bright yellow flesh which was very
sweet and good, butt has a rather
tender rind which is against it as a
market melon. This we get from a
subscriber and is no doubt the Ruby
Gold.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17
Watermelons HealthfuI.

The watermelon is often considered
unhealthful-the forerunner of cholera
morbus and kindred diseases-when in
reality, if eaten when perfectly ripe
and fresh, it is very wholesome, the
juice acting ON the kidneys in very
salubrious manner, and during its sea-
son it may we'll find place ON the
table three times day.
A sweet, luscious watermelon makes
delightful substitute for soup as a
first course for dinner on hot day.
A pretty way to serve it is to cut
through crosswise with a narrow
bladed knife, in deep points or notches,
then slice off each end and stand ON a
platter in place of the soup toureen.
With sharp knife it can easily be cut
in slices from the points downwards,
and served on plates with fork OF
spoon.
For dessert, the rind and seeds
should be carefully removed, and even,
regular slices of the rich, red meat
served on dessert plates. To be at its
best, the melon should be kept on ice
for some time before being served, and
should go to the table Immediately
from the ice-chest. Frozen water
melon makes nice dessert, and may
be made as any frozen fruit would be.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17
Watermelon Rntter.

Watermelon better is equal to that
made from almost any other fruit.
Use only the red core cut into small
pieces. Drain off the water that rises,
and use one-half as much sugar as
melon. Boil until moderately thick,
stirring, continually toward the last to
prevent scorching When nearly done
add large lemon for each gallon of
fruit used. Slice lemons very thin, or
squeeze in the juice and CRATE in the
rind.
Watermelon preserves are made as
follows: Remove all green from the
rind and then cut it into small squares
or fancy shapes. Lay in strong alum
water two hours, and then in clear
water one hour. Weigh the fruit before
it is soaked and to five pounds take five
pounds Of sugar and two large lemons.
Add a cupful of water to the sugar to
make syrup, and when it boils add
the melon and sliced lemon, and boil
until the melon looks clear, which will
be from half an hour to an hour. Re-
move the melon, boil the syrup until
very thick, return the melon, boil up
once, put into jars and seal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17

The first carload of new-crop water
melons for this season came to San
Francisco from Ward Priest, Yuma,
A. T., consigned to H. w. Riley & Co.
The fruit was Of good size and quality,
and met with fair sale at So to 81
per dozen.
A melon shipper at Fresno gave
away a carload of watermelons. The
carload was worth $50, but the South
ern Pacific wouldn't haul it to San
Francisco for less than $42, SO the
owner saved $12 by giving the melons
away at home.
The patients at the State Asylum at
Stockton were treated to watermelons
last week and over 900 of tho Lodi
product were consumed. There were
many humorous scenes and incidents at
the feast, some patients eating as many
as three of the watermelons, stopping
only when they could swallow no more.
According to the reports, the Flor
ida watermelon crop this year is three
times larger than last year, the rail.
roads and growers having made the
estimate that it will reach the enor-
nous figure of 3,00O,O 900 melons, and
1t is feared that glut of the market is
imminent.
Home and Farm Of Louisville, XIV.
says that a North Carolina farmer be-
lievos he has found a way to keep
watermelons in an edible state of pre-
servation from one season to another.
Last August he covered three melons
with paste of his invention. One of
the melons was served at his Christ
mas dinner; another did duty as dessert
at dinner given ON March 18th to
several friends, who found it as nice
and finely favored as any melon cut
IN August. The third preserved melon
VIII be cut May LIST. II assured bv
physicians that there is no danger in
eating melons Of such age, this farmer
will go into the melon-preserving bust.
ness.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17
Starting a Melon Vine.

Although watermelons are composed
of about 80 per cent water they can
stand more dry, hot weather.than many
other less scculent fruits, says the Cal.
Fruit-Grower. In selecting land it
should be we'll drained, and sandy if
possible. Plant in hills feet apart
each way, putting 6 seeds in each hill
and thin out to two or three plants
when they have made good start. 1t
is good plan to make hole for each
hill about 2 feet wide an dig or hoe
into this some well rotten stable man
ure, (guano is even BETTER before
planting. Dust little SCOT or some
wood ashes recently burnt ON the grow
ing plants when they are well out of
the ground. Draw the earth up we'll
about the stems and stop their points
when they begin to run. Lay them
out evenly to cover the ground which
should be kept free from weeds at all
times. A light, but rich soil suits
all melons best. If you desire to raise
some early melons or protect the plants
from frosts, place small, wooden box,
having glass top, over the hill This
will force the plants, and make about
three weeks difference in the time of
ripening. When the vines are large
enough to commence running remove
the box and cultivate the vines in the
usual way.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17
BRIEFLETS.

Nogales will petition the war depart
ment for the establishment of mill
tary post at that border point.
Q. M. Goodall, representative of
Goodall, Perkins q Co., OF San Fran
cisco, has bonded some mines in Mari
posa county.
A theological party from the South
Dakota State University returned after
tour in the Bad Lands having secured
vast quantity of specimens. About
twenty extinct species of vertabr@
were discovered.
Great damage is being done by floods
to the rice crop and property in Mil
gaia, Japan. The rice harvest has been
reduced less than half, and the Project
OF Niigata has ordered that no rice be
exported until the misery of poor
sufferers has been alleviated to rea-
sonable extent. The western part of
Toyama has been flooded and over 6O0O
houses inundated.
The ministerial crisis, which resulted
in the resignation of the Premier, the
Secretary of the Cabinet and the Min
lister Of the Interior. arose from a
difference between the members of the
Cabinet regarding the appointment of
a Minister of Foreign Affairs. All the
principal Ministers, following the ex.
ample Of the Premier, have rendered
their designations.
In the new oil fields Of Tennessee
and Southern Kentucky the Standard
Oil Company has completed two large
storage tanks ON the Obey river. Oil
lines arc laid to wells within few
miles OF the tanks. The oil field has
its center at the junction of Rickett
and Overton counties and runs across
the Kentucky line into Wayne county.
Indiana, and adjoining counties. The
Standard Oil Company. operating
under the names of the Forest Oil Com
pany, leased 500, 900 acres of land and
have 100000 in fee. It has surveyed
pipe line from this field to the West
Virginia lines. The Cudahys and the
Henry Oil Company Of Chicago are
largely interested.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17

melons was TIE following season
planted in a separate patch from the
market field. This was his seed patch,
and when the melons were matured IN
it, all were saved for seed TO be planted
in the field and used TO supply the de-
mand for seeds Of this variety, which
soon became known in the country
around as the Swink melon, and TO the
outside world as the Rocky Ford
melon. This seed patch was always
planted on a new piece Of land each
year, and grown from seed Of the Ideal
melon, in the selection Of which every
detail was taken into consideration,
including the color of seed, thickness
of rind. shape, color and arrangement
of nothing on skin, etc.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17
Watermelon Pickles.

To make tasty watermelon pickles
cut the rind in strips an inch wide and
three inches long. Soak over night in
salt water. In the morning take the
necessary amount of vinegar and a
tablespoonful of finely broken stick
cinnamon and one of whole cloves to
each quart. Boil together for five
minutes and add part of the melon
rinds which have been carefully drained
and cook until easily pierced with a
broom straw. Remove and add more,
and so on until all are done; pour the
syrup over them, and seal. Should
one make many at one time it is som e.
times necessary to make fresh syrup
of equal parts of vinegar and sugar,
with the necessary spices, as that in
which the melons are cooked becomes
weakened and has disagreeable green
taste. Watermelon pickles, if well
made, are next to cucumbers in point
of excellence.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17

Quite large stock of watermelons
were condemned Mt San Francisco ON
the sist, of July, and again ON the
22d, another large consignment fol-
lowed the first into the bay. They
aggregated about 100 or /. 200 melons,
and challenged the condemnation of
the market inspector, by their unripe
condition. The Inspectors are very
alert and vigilant in checking such
attempts, and growers who ship imma-
ture products to this market, should
realize this fact.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17

Michael Bariatti, ragged and dirty,
was one of the steerage passengers who
recently landed from the Hamburg
American steamship Ems. That a
man of his personal appearance should
have large trunk was suspicious, and
it was fonnd to contain false sides and
a false bottom. When these Were
taken out COG pieces of jewelry We're
disclosed, consisting of gold and dia
mond pins. bracelets, earrings and
brooches, worth 100000. These We're
all seized. Bariatri refused to say any
thing as to who owned the jewelry and
was released.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17
Plant Good Seeds.

1t is conceded that our watermelon
crop is deteriorating in quality and
growing later in season every year,
says the Lodi Review-Budget. Lodi
melons have been noted far and near
for excellence, taking the palm over
all others grown ON the coast. While
they still hold that place it is possible
for them to lose it, and that result is
probable unless a change in present
methods is made.
The fault is with the growers. In
stead of selecting the finest early
melons from which to procure seed for
the next years crop, the custom,
almost invariable, is to get seed from
the best left in the fields after the sea-
son is over. In this way the late
ripening melons only are reproduced,
and the season made later from year to
year.
Experience has shown that all vege-
table and animal productions can be
improvd by careful selection and at
tention to the details of cultivation.
New varieties of fruit come in this
way. and many valuable improvements
have resulted in every field of industry.
Strawberries have been entirely changed
from the small acid berry first known.
Lodi watermelon growers cannot
afford to be careless in this matter.
They have it in their power to Improve
the quality of their product and bring
it into market earlier. Now is the
time to institute reform in the old
careless way. Every grower should
get his seed now for next year. He will
suffer if he allows his opportunity to
go by without attencoin.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17

In official circles it is believed the
Marquis of Salisbury has determined to
pursue his own course at Constanti-
nople in the future and has given the
British Ambassador, Sir Philip Cu1ie,
precise and significant instructions.
with greater powers to command naval
aid in enforcing the demands of Great
Britain.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17
Mark the Big Melons.

To improve watermelons, the plan
adopted by Mr.. Swink. perhaps the
most famous of Colorado's CONNER.
cial melon growers, if not new, is GER
tainly commendable. says the Ameri-
can Agriculturist. When picking in
the field at any time during the season,
he would, when a specimen of his Ideal
melon was found. pick it. mark it by
scratching cross on the skin, and send
it in with the load, where it was laid
aside, and the seed from these selected
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17

DIR. r. Il. Kunzo. who has been
spending several weeks in Arizona Sc
curing chronological specimens, re-
ports catch of about 10000 bugs
since his arrival. In Tucson he
succeeded in capturing $4,000 by
actual count. He expects to remain
there for another month and will swell
his collection during that time up to
the $4,000 notch. He is well equipped
with various appliances and devices
for the capture of bugs and has sue
ceeded in obtaining several new speci-
mems there. He takes daily trips into
the mountains. going as far as seven
or eight miles afoot and always returns
with good collection of them.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-17

The Mexican custom house at Tia
Juana, Mexico, has been moved back
to the old town. where, according to
official orders it is to remain for four
years-unless the floods take 1t away