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, 1897-12-21
ARE YOU GOING EAST?

If so, have a talk with Charlie Clark,
Laramie's ever smiling and genial I'm
ion Pacific ticket agent, who is the one
most interested in seeing that you get
Il tirst-class route. Ask him about the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail-
way. Ask him to tell you about u
electric lighted, steam heated, palace
vestibuled fast trains between Omaha
and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
all points east. Ask him about u
superb dining car service where you
pay for only what o get. Ask him
about the close connection made at
Omaha by both the Union Pacific east
bound trains with our trains for the
east If he is bashful or busy and don't
speak up promptly, write to me for
rates, time tables, maps. etc.
L. L. DOWNING,
Commercial Agent,
212 South West Temple St.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
, 1897-12-21

Sixty days & the people Of this
region were still in summer dress. ana
a tropical heat of over 80 was the daily
temperature. Now they are arraycd in
r.rtcrs. and furs. and =leighbclls are
juggling along the streets. The Amerl-
a climate is well adapted to bring
about the survival of the fittcst. In
September the mercury in the sun often
marks no degrees above. and a TEN,
perature of 10 or 10 below in December
is not uncommon. Here is a range OF
1875 degrees inside of three months.
The American climate is a lightning
change artist in rapidity of movement
and in extremes Of heat and cold suited,
by turns. to everything from a polar
bear to an equatorial butterfly. 1t Is
useless to deny great variety to a race
who can stand it. No doubt their Wig,
or and enterprise are due in Il measure
to their boundless varieties of weather.
Globe Democrat.
, 1897-12-21
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1897.

A wildly statement has
crept into a number of our exchanges
to the effect that at one time the sheep
stock Of the country numbered l2l, 600
600 head, and naturally enough our
foreign exchanges are quoting it.. The
truth is that l24 900. 900 sheep is a great
er humber than n country in the
world ever possessed, and that high tide
vas reached in the United States in
1884, when we had 50,626,G 26 sheep
Our present sheep stock is really quite
below 35. OOO, 900 head, and if the present
rate OF sheep and lamb slaughter for
mutton nses keeps up, it will be a long
time before we again reach The 50,O0O,-
900 mark.-Sheep Breeder.
, 1897-12-21

A very good story recently came to
us from Sheridan. which has not yet
been printed. At the time that VIM, J.
Bryan was visiting that place last fall,
he was the honored guest of his con-
g~ressional friend, Hon. Henry A. COT
feen. You are certainly taking great
chances" said Mr.. Coffeen to his guest
upon, his arrival, lin exposing yourself
SO freely to the public in all parts of the
country Il do not think there is anv
danger" responded Mr.. Bryan. quietly,
but with an amused expression in the
curves of his mouth. Il hone Won will
be O careful said the anxious COT
feen, "aS your life is very valuable TO
the nation" Later on. when Mr.. Bry-
an was abou to depart. Mr.. COffeen re-
turned to the subject of his friends
personal safety and renewed his eau
ton, saying: You are certainly run.
ming a great risk, Mr.. Bryan. of being
killed by some crank in your audi
ences." Not the least danger. Mr..
Cofeen, and, with a smile. added. You
see. the cranks of the country are all
on my side" 1t is said that the ankle
ty of Henry A. for his friends safety
was never afterwards manifested
Sun-Leader.
, 1897-12-21
BE CHEERFUL"

faint no use ter grieve an fret,
Jes' be cheerful.
We may all be happy yet,
Jes' be cheerful.
Thar is one thing mighty true
Good ernuff fer me an you
If we've nuthin' else ter do.
Let's be cheerful.
If yer haven't NARY cent.
Jes' be cheerful.
Ter grievin' don't give vent.
Jes' be cheerful.
Bein' poor is not err crime
Why, then, shood We repine?-
1t is hes ter be in line.
An be cheerful.
Mustn't think because yer old
Yer kant be cheerful.
Or thro'n on tn wurld so cold.
Yer kant be cheerful.
II e. home yer hev't got.
An new faces own yer cot.
Yer will find one-like ez not,
If yer air cheerful.
Things llcome ter them who wait,
Jes' be cheerful.
Pin yer faith in Him who's great.
An be cheerful.
If yer darter an yer son.
Luv' an cherish yer-by bum,
What's tn use NV bein' young?-
Jes' be cheerful.
Yer hev' lost yer darlin' wife?
Jes' be cheerful.
Yer companyun thro' this life?
Jes' be cheerful.
Cause tn Shepherd know wot's best
Wen His f1Ocks air sekin' rest,
He will hold them ter His breast,
So jes' be cheerful.
Wen life's' close is DRAWN near,
Let's be cheerful.
our burdens we mus bear,
Let's be cheerful.
If we wanter reach tibet shore,
Whar we'll dwell ferevermore,
An our troubles will be DER,
Let's be cheerful.
Will J. Peckham.
, 1897-12-21

A southern writer asserts that the
daisy was never known in the south
before the war. while now every sec
tion reached by the union armies is
covered with them. He says that Sherl.
dan brought them first. and that the
march to the sea can now be followed
in summer time by keeping where the
daisies grow. The explanation of it is,
Of course, that the seed was brought in
the hay for the horses. There is a pret,
ty thought connected with that. The
war carried with it the germ of what
would later cover the mounds under
which the heroes sleep with beautiful
flowers, and give fragrance to the air
that sweeps above those graves. 1t was
said that no blade of grass ever grew
where the hoof of the Attila's horse had
trod. His We're wars for plumber. The
daisies spring up in the wake of a war
waged to make freedom sure. and to
establish equal rights to all men.-Salt
Lake Tribune.
, 1897-12-21
ALASKA AGRICULTURE.

A dispatch from Washington saws:
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
transmitted to the house a report OF
the commission which last summer was
sent to Alaska to investigate the Dues
ton of the feasibility Of establishing
agricultural e~xperimenty stations in
that country for better development of
the products of the soil. Accompany
ing the report is a letter to the secre-
tary from DR.. A. C. True. the director
of the Office of experiment stations. who
states his conclusions, based on the
facts contained in the commissions re-
port. DR.. True says the various crops,
especially grass, vegetables and berries,
are successfully grown in different To-
calfties in Alaska, and live stock is
raised in small numbers. The meth
DDS employed in agricultural pursuits
are primitive. little attempt being made
10 promote the development Of the in
, 1897-12-21
HOLIDAY RATES.

For the Christmas and New Year
holidays, the Union Pacific will make
Il rate of one fare for the round trip,
good within a radius OF $50 miles.
Selling dates, Dec. "a, 25 and 81, 1897,
and Jan. /, 1898. Tickets good for con-
tinuous passage beginning date Of sale,
with a final limit Jan. 3.
, 1897-12-21
JOHN q. SYMONS.

a to make Land Filings and Final Proofs
- Commissioner of the United etates Circuit
Jourt.
, 1897-12-21

dimes. It Is an unabridged, etymc
literary. scientific and technical Dict
language, and Is an acknowledged a
land and America. The regular pr
Of books is S74.oo. 1t comprises
printed columns of words and de6n:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-25
Nearly Always Gets What She Want

Nearly Always Gets What She Wants.
All the literature of the past tends to
prove that women ought to live in
subsection to men-because literature
has always been in the hands of men.
Literature tells us that man was
created first and that woman was made
as an afterthought, in order to be a
companion to him. But science knows
nothing of this tale.
Now, the strength of women lies in
the fact that men. cannot do without
them. If they could have, then women
would have become extinct long ago.
Neither sex can do without the other.
But women having been rendered timid
by centuries Of subsection, have never
found out where their strength lies. I
speak of women in general, for it is a
very remarkable fact that, though
women in general have always been
governed by the laws laid down by
men, individual women very often find
that they can do just as they please. A
woman can nearly always get what
she wants if she makes enough fuss
about it; and so it happens that in pri-
vate life it is very often the woman
who governs Westminster Review. Il
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-25
Michigan Fruit Growers Organize.

Growers organize.
The fruit-growers at Pentwater,
Mich, have taken the initiative step
to protect their interests in the way of
handling fruits. A stock company has
been organized with a capital of SIS. 900,
the management to make contracts
with strictly reliable dealers in such a
way as to protect the growers. A de-
tectlve service Is contemplated to in
vestlgate all complaints of unfair treat
ment of shippers and cause for com
plants by the commission dealers
against the farmers for any sharp or
underhand practice on the part of the
shipper. To make the work of the
company effective, farmers are being
organized into local unions. The local
unions report the names of their mem
bers to the company and pay over a
membership fee Of one dollar each
The secretary Of the local union ascer-
tains the number of acres and condi-
ton of the different kinds Of fruit r.
be shipped. All these facts will be re- 3,
corded by the company's secretary WHO
will designate the markets ia which
shipments should be made from "a III
local union, SO that none shall 70 to
an oyer-stocked market. The com com
pany is determined to secure the best
prices possible for union members. VIM
are to pay one dollar each every three
months to the company, in order d
continue its bene6ciaries. Severe
strong local unions have been organ
lied in Mason and Oceana counties
Michigan Fruit Grower. zs
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-25
-, - 5.
Tyrsgt

Tyrotoxfcon or cheese poison. here
is no appearance In cream or cheese
containing this poison by which its
presence may even be suspected, but il
there Is a decided acid reaction to blue
litmus paper, and IN the case of cheese
a slightly opalescent fluid exudes from
the freshly cut samples eat with cau-
ton until confident. Persons poisoned
by this ptomaine show the following
symptoms according to DR.. Vaughn's
investigations: Il From one to four.
hours after eating the cheese, persons
are taken with vomiting accompanied
in many cases with diarrhea with wa
terry stools, and pain in the stomach.
At first the tongue is white, later dry,
pulse feeble and irregular, countenanee
pale, exceeding weakness and strong
desire to sleep or even unconscious
ness. Any decomposable organic ma
terial which has been exposed to thu
atmospheric dust and germs for any
length of time may become infected.
Since all putrefaction is due to living
organisms, it follows that these ma
terials which furnish the best condi-
tions for development will become in
fected and encourage the growth of
most dangerous results. According to
DIR. Vaughn, in his work on ptomaines
and leucomaines, food poison may orig
mate in any one of the following ways:
l. The food is infected and the poison
is generated only and wholly before
the food is taken. 2. The injecting Or
ganlsm may begin the elaboration OF
its poisonous products outside and con-
tinue the same process inside the body.
8. The Infection may not result in the
production of poison until the food is
taken into the body. AS to the condl-
ton under which this subtle poison and
the ptomaines which produce it are
encouraged, they are many and as va
r1ed as the different modes Of living.
Heat, pure air, pure water and plenty OF
sunshine are the main weapons to hgnt,
these enemies of the human race.
Artificial heat, above 200 degrees F.
and the direct action of the suns rays
are prejudicial to the life of poison
producing organisms when exposed to
their action. The careless and sloven-
ly methods of handling milk or cream,
improperly cleaned utensils, the stOr-
age in damp, foul or mouldy smelling
cellars or outhouses, the use of con-
taminated well OF running water, the
disgusting habit of throwing Stops and
waste water onto the ground near the
house and close to the room used for
setting the cream, and in the case Of
towns and cities, the unsanitary con-
dition of houses from faulty connec-
lions of the house wastes with the pub
lie sewers are among the many condi-
tons which lead to the development
of this subtle poison in dairy products.
Michigan Dairy and Food Commits
sion Report.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-25
Law and Grating.

A peculiar case came up before a
Judge in the county of Huron, Ont, in
which the methods of a professional
CRATER were under examination. Ac-
cording to report of the trial it ap-
peared that Cooke of Clinton applied
to Murdoch, a farmer near Brucefeld,
to get grating to do. Murdoch asked
his terms: Cooke said 5 cents a graft
to insure. or cents each, cash, and
take your chance, says Michigan
Farmer. Murdoch said, go on; and
Cooke grated thirty-four trees, put
ting on, so he said, 3,4OO gratis, at 3
cents each, $1o2. Murdoch was stag
gered, but paid 500 on account, and
then got some expert evidence, this
evidence being that from 900 to 800
crafts were all that should have been
put in. He therefore, when sued, paid
s. more into court, making $25 with
the sum previously paid Cooke, and
fought it out. At the trial an armful
OF limbs from the orchard was brought
into court, and it was shown that gratis
had been put in decaying and broken
limbs, and, in fact, everywhere graft
would stick, more for the purpose, as
the judge said in dismissing the &C.
ton, OF running up bill than>fo CIV
ing the best results in fruit. The
judge said, that the $25 which Murdoch
had paid was enough, and dismissed
the action with costs. ST. j..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-25
Sun BOnnets for Horses.

Horses in London are wearing straw
hats this season. For some time tHe
English Society for the Prevention o.
Cruelty to Animals has been agitating
the question Of protecting the heads OF
horses during hot weather. This agi-
tation has finally had good effect, and
nearly every horse that is compelled to
draw heavy loads through the London
streets is now protected from the suns
rays by a bonnet. This plan has long
been followed in France, and the hat
adopted in England is the same as that
used in Bordeaux. It looks much like
the straw hats familiar to visitors to
American summer resorts and bathing
beaches. The brim is wide and there
are holes through which the horses
ears project It is held in place by be-
ing tied to the bride. Manufacturers
of straw goods are delighted with the
innovation, as they have been kept busy
all summer making the hats. They sell
for trif1e, but such tremendous num-
'bers are used that the total cost is con-
siderable. The mortality among horses
has decreased greatly since the use of
sAC udIo OCCd"S COulI1OA. AS LlS ud
have high crowns, there is plenty Of
room for ventilation. During extremely
hot weather in New York city the NOR
tality among horses is very large
Truckmen there have the custom Of
tying wet sponges to the ears of their
horses, and it doubtless saves many
lives, but there is no doubt that they
would guard against loss even more if
they should adopt the humane practice
of Londoners, even though the animals
do look rather grOtesQue,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-25

What causes a deliberate choice of
this narrow life which entails so many
deprivations is. incomprehensible to
me. The semblance of great luxury is
certainly to be found in the mirrors.
the gliding, the deep-piled, velvet car
pets; but does all this expensive show
give any pleasure when it loses all
personal interest, and, stretching this
way and that, can sometimes be meas
Ared by miles? To walk five hundred
feet down the long corridors between
doors which seem countless in num-
Der, and opening right and left to lib
crate strangers who pass you as if you
were to be avoided as carefully as if
you had the smallpox, cannot be
pleasure. To open your door and see
i've or six conventional pieces OF fur
niture standing about at precisely the
same angles as in every other room
you have passed, SO that if you did
not chance to know that your legiti-
mate number Of square feet were
known as number 499, you might read
lily think you were in your own quar-
tiers until you saw that where your
walls were blue your neighbours were
pink, cannot be. encouraging to the
sense Of Individual possession which is
half OF life's Joy. =
The mere abiding under the same
roof with people you dislike or des-
:pise is trying, but when you believe
that on your right hand is drunken
ness, and on your left the elements Of
some great human tragedy; to doubt
the decency Of your nearest neighbor
at dinner and be shocked at the vul-
gar display OF the women you meet
i'm the elevator, does not conduce to
love Of mankind or the elevation Of
h your own thoughts. 55
Why choose these ways Of living
when open to every woman, accord
Z Ing to her means, lies the door Of "a
home? a place which is, for the time
mt least. your very own, to be a source
Of comfort and reace to your husband
.and OF Joy to yourself just in proper
lion to your endeayors? "a place where
color. arrangement every adornment,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-25
Enemies Of Plant Lies.

Plant lice, like most insects, h ave
certain natural enemies that tend 81
keep thern IN check. p Prominent among
these are the parasitic and predaceo1,s
Insects. The former are very min,1fe
creatures, resembling wasps, which
usually lay their eggs upon the lice
These eggs hatch into small maggots
which enter the bodies of the, 1ica
where they feed upon the body 1uIees
until they are full grown hey than
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-25

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their host, from which they, finallv
emerge BY cutting round hole through
the body Of the louise. Close examine
ton OF colony Of most any louise viii
reveal several syellowish or brownish
remains Of individuals which have
5succumbed to parasitism. The preda-
sceous insects live by actually feeding
upon the lice. The ladybirds or LADY
bugs are, by far, the most important
factors In the destruction Of plant lice,
as both the adults and young feed raw
e = upon them. There is a notion
prevalent In some parts of the state
that adybirds, in some way or other,
produce plant lice. Natural laws will
not permit such state of affairs. Like
begets like in the insect world Just as
perslstently rs it does in the higher
animals mn The progeny of ladybird is
always a ladybird like the parent in
sect. The young of the ladybird, how
ever, looks very different from the
adult. In fact, the young Of some
species resemble minute alligators in
general appearance, and are gaily COL
ored. They feed almost entirely upon
soft bodied insects. Among other in
sects that feed upon plant lice, the
young of the Surplus fly must be men
toned here. In nearly every colony
OF lice these little slug-like worms or
larvae can be seen. They move about,
raising their heads high in the air,
and striking here and there. When
ever an unlucky louise is touched it is
seized, held aloft until it's juices have
been sucked out, when its empty skin
is cast aside, and the worm seeks
Others.
Bulletin ,4S, Maryland Experiment
Station.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-25

growing industry of the world. = was a
most marvellous plant towering to the
height of twenty feet and covered with
mass of downy cotton balls. The man
in Georgia that is growing it would sell
seeds as low as five cents apiece. The
Farmers Review sent the clipping to
the Georgia Experiment: station, and
received reply in the line it expected,
namely that the so-called wonderful
plant was merely very ordinary cot
ton plant that was probably palmed.
off on the present Georgia enthusiast
by some local joker. Below we give the
letter. Parenthetically we would eau
ton our readers against believing any
OF the wonderful yarns that are con-
stantly appearing in the daily press
about new agricultural plants of great
value. The propagators are simply
using the gullible city reporters to help
advertise some worthless thing that
they hope to make money out of by
sales at fabulous prices. The letter fol-
lows:
Experiment, Ca, August, %, 1897.
Editor Farmers Review, Chicago. III.
l have yours of the 26th this a. M,
enclosing clipping from Chicago pa
per. In reply to your letter beg to say
that the article has simply naked
basis in fact-something to build upon
There is a gentleman named Jackson,
who runs small farm near Atlanta,
and who is engaged in booming So
called African variety of cotton, etc.,
etc. After some difficulty succeeded
IN getting a few seeds of the cotton,
OF undoubted purity, and have now in
progress an elaborate, competitive test,
including 81 varieties of cotton, en-
bracing most Of our. popular, prolific
varieties, seeds of which are easily OBJ
bushel. So far I note nothing peculiar
in the cotton. The plants have an up
right habit Of growth, and the fruit
Is produced on short fruit spurs, each
containing from two to five hollis. Usu.
ally there is one OF more long side
branches that proceed out from the
main stem near the ground: This
habit, however, is not so very remark
able. In fact it so happens that one
VI Iut FdIlSlIeS plduIeu III ZIG GULL
petitive test, and in rows adjacent to
this wonderfully cotton is very similar
to the latter, but not growing so tall.
At the close Of the season I will make
an exhaustive report of the test, which
will be published in bulletin form. At
present there is no indication that the
yield will be even equal to the average
yield of the other 20 varieties. A few
bolls have already opened and show a
staple of fair length and fineness. but
not comparable to Sea Island cotton,
There is now no possibility of any ma
terial improvement in the conditions
and promise of any of the varieties, In
other words the crop is practically
made" and the final results will be
practically the same Relatively as are
noW indicated. Very truly,
r. J. REDDING,
Director
P.S.-The claim that the variety OF
cotton belongs to different genus
cannot, for moment, be allowed. It
is not even of a new species, but sim
ply variety of Gossypium herbaceum,
and very probably of local (domestic)
origin.