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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26
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shake the old adobe house down, ani
the sgame-keepers calling out, first il
Spanish, then in English, the results o,
various plays, a party of half doze1
particularly tough customers enteres
tie place. They were led by one Jacf
Dawson, a gentleman noted for his dis
like of Well-ordered society and thu
number. of men he had killed This
crowd had for its sole object the raising
OF a row. It was unusual for fam
dango to get through without some,
shooting or other disturbance, and Jack
and his friends were there on this oc-
casion to supply it. So
When the party reached the spot
where, the gambling was going on,
Dawson gave the signal for a; raid on
the gold that was being freely display
ed on the tables, by turning out one
OF the lights. Then he quietly rolled
under the monte table at. which the
fair senorita with the cigarito and dag
ger was dealing. Each of the rest of
the gang fired at a lamp, and soon the
shooting became general. Dawson up
set the table and his pals began raking
in the gold, which now lay strewn
about the floor. The woman shouted
in Spanish, and in moment a dozen
caballeros had surrounded the table.
With well-directed thrust of her dag
ger she laid Dawson at her feet Two
others were shot and killed and tho
other three were badly wounded. The
raid had not been quick enough, anG
had ended in dismal failure
Meanwhile the Indians and hangers
on on the outside began firing their re-
volvers in an ecstasy of. glee They.
had heard the noise on the inside and
knew that the usual shooting melee
was on. They were adding their mite
to the general jollity of the occasion.
The sala was soon cleared, the guests
being evidently accustomed to such
hasty exits. After the smoke had lift
ed and some light turned on the host.
charming native Californian, who
had that faculty enviable in landlord.
of making everybody feel at home, an
nounced with some show of regret that
lowing to a little disturbance the fan
dango had been brought to an end for
that night, but that another, more
grand and more enjoyable, would be
given on the following evening"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26
The Cherry Orchard.

Bulletin IS, of the Delaware expert
part it says:
Soil-The cherry will thrive in va
riety Of soils, but it reaches it's high
est development in one naturally light,
dry and loamy; in a soil retentive of
moisture, but which never "sours.' The
sweet cherry will flourish on soils too
dry for other fruits. but the sour va
rieties require more moisture to devel-
op their best cherries. The orchardist
must have recourse to undertaking
if the soil is not naturally dry, but on
light dry knolls, otherwise favorable
to cherry culture, the moisture content
and the moisture holding capacity of
the soil can be increased by the ad-
dition Of vegetable matter, and by ju-
dicious surface cultivation. The writ
er has in mind knoll in eastern New
York, ideal for the sweet cherry, but
which was too dry and thin for the
growth of the trees. The mechanical
condition of the soil has been changed
by turning under crimson clover, and
by frequent cultivation to a deep re-
tentive loan, adapted to the highest
development of the fruit in the dryest
seasons. s~s-
Location.-It is probable that in
northern Delaware the best results
with the cherry will follow a location
that retards the period of blooming,
slope to the west or northwest, as an
exposure to the south would hasten the
development of the buds in spring, and
endanger the crop from the late white
frosts. The selection of a depression
or the base of a hill is likely to be fol-
lowed by late frosts in these locations
In the central and southern part of the
state, where the country is nearly lev
el or gently undulating, a slight eleva-
tlon is preferable since it insures good
drainage of the land, and circulation
of air. 1t. should be said, however,
that the more hardy sour cherry will
thrive on lower levels than the sweet
varieties. f.
Distance of Trees.In thirty years
the vigorous varieties of sweet cher
ries may attain a height of from 40
to SO feet, with arms spreading on
either side from Is to 20.feet. The
varieties of sweet cherries should stand
not less than 80 feet apart each way.
Closer distances result in interlacing
branches, difficult picking and spraying
and larger amount Of decayed fruit.
4 In western New York, the sour va
rieties are set at various distances.
ranging from 12x12 to 1Sx18 feet. Later
Dlantipgs place the trees 18x18 feet for
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26
Fine Point.

A Georgia court is called upon to de-
eide whether a woman whose property
was destroyed by fire, which she set.
herself while in a state Of hypnosis, is
entitled to damages from the owner of
the building. At a sociab1e in hotel
the woman was placed under hypnotic
influence and playfully told to set the
house on fire. She did as she was bid
and all her clothing was destroyed.
Now comes the fine point of deciding
who is responsible for the loss of the
clothing
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26
the spreading Montmorency and EARLY
Richmond, and 16x16 feet for the more
bushy MorelIos. sai:.SE-

the spreading Montmorency and EARLY
Richmond, and 16x16 feet for the more
bushy Morellos.
Propagating the Varieties. Cherry
trees are usually set two years after
budding. The trees are budded in the
nursery as yearIings, the sour cherries
mainly'on the Mahaleb, and less on
the Mazzard, and the sweet varieties
almost entirely on the Mazzard. It
the grower contemplates the cherry
business on a large scale, the writer
believes it of great Importance that he
select buds from trees with uniformly
heavy bearing tendencies, and send
them to nurseryman to be budded for
the future orchard. Every fruit grow
er appreciates the fact that some trees
OF his orchard always bear; others oc-
casionally bear, while still others new
er bear. It is universally known that
the tendencies in bud are transmitted
to the plant resulting from it's propaga-
ton. The present system of propagat-
ing fruits from bearing trees, nom
bearing trees, and nursery rows must
tend to deteriorate varieties, which can
be maintained and improved only by
selecting buds from trees whose fruit
is superior to that of the entire or
chard. The subject of the maintenance
and Improvement Of varieties through
bud selection will be treated in a SUBJ
sequent bulletin.
Pruning:-The pruning of the cherry
orchard should be done during the first
two or three years of it's existence,
after which only the dead and interlac-
ing branches will need to be removed.
In general, the sweet cherry should be
so formed as to give it a spreading
habit. When the sweet cherry is allow
ed to grow without paying attention to
it's form, it assumes spire-like shape,
but if the head is started to 31a feet
from the ground, and the three or four
main arms are pruned in for two or
three years, the tree assumes more of
the spreading apple tree form. The
spreading form of tree has many essen
tial advantages; it facilitates the opera:
tion of spraying, materially reduces
the cost of gathering the fruit, and of
greater importance, it shades the trunk
and lessons the danger to it from sun
scald and from the bursting of the
bark.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26

specimen of the old-time fandangd
danced in their locality in manJ
months. This is sad condition for tho
old Californians-the men and women
VINO crossed the plains or rounded tho
horn in coming to the Golden state id
the forties and fifties-to@c @contemplateI
but there is no help for them. The
Yankees and fasteners have poured
IN by the tens of thousands into this
semi-tropical land, and the habits and
customs of the argonauts and pioneers
IN southern California have been yanl
lshlng gradually at the presence of a
new order of affairs. Los Angeles has
grown in decade from a sleepy Mex
lean pueblo into prosperous, beautiful
American city. Mexican and half-breM
proprietorship of broad acres has AL
most entirely disappeared, the Spanish
nave, in competition with aggressive
Americanism, grown poorer and poor
er, and the famous black-eyed, olive
complexloned, graceful and vivacious
senorltas of song and romance have
fast been retiring from public view
The fandango is gone forever from.
this region. The pale faces and blue:
eyes from the north, the police force.
Yankee inventions and eastern moral
ity and spirit are all inimical to a reg
ime under which the dance f1ourishes.
In the sixties and seventies the Mex.
leans, Spanish and half-breeds made;
money very fast. Those were davs;
when the owners of southern Califor-
MA had a thorough contempt for the
frugality and industry of their north,
7rn neighbors, when ranch houses were
kept open to friends for weeks al S
time, ~ hen wine was drank IL ke water IS
and large part of the young peoDle
sang, danced and thrummed the guitar
or mandolin through half the wear.
Everything was free and easy. Money
came down the coast from the San
Francisco and central California gold
miners by the sloop load. What need
was there for the work and economy
of the New Englander? Those were
the days when the dulcet tones of fam
dango music were hummed and twang-
ed by everyone, and when whole towns
would turn out to dance.
The encyclopedias and dictionaries
will tell you that fandango means a
Spanish dance in three-four time, sup
posed to be of Moorish origin. This
is true definition, but it does not de-
fine the fandango, of the Pacific coast
Here it means big dance to which
anybody is welcome and at which
everybody is expected to drink and to
make a fool of himself generally. In
the olden days it meant general, con-
fused mingling of. men and women.
revolvers, gaming tables, boots and
spurs, soft, melodious music in curious
contrast to the surroundings, and lio-
uor, first, last and all the time.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26

Yeast That man Doughton is yerv
skeptical. Unless he sees a thing he
won't believe it exists" Crimson beak
He never ran into a rocking chair.
in the dark. then. ''Y onkers States
man.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26

land, from which country we received
some hops of very ordinary quality, at
prices not more than half those which
were being charged for the inferior
qualities produced in other countries.
The situation is now entirely changed,
as 1t is not uncommon, to-day, to nno
Polish hops quoted at very high rates.
1t is true that considerable plantations
have existed in Russia for long pc
riod. but their product has been little
known, and has been in small demand
because the drying and curing were far
from what was desirable. During the
past twelve years or so many I'M
provements have been effected. The
russian government, seeing the prof.
its which would accrue to the country
by the adoption of more rational and
more careful system, has supported the
efforts made by the planters, with the
object of obtaining product resem-
bling the fine qualities of Germany and
Austria. The first Warsaw hop COM
pany, whose collection Of samples is
shown in the brewery section OF our
international Exhibition, were among
the earliest to take advantage of this
encouragement given by the support OF
the government, and have rendered i'm
portant service to the hop culture by
engaging experts from abroad and by
introducing on a large scale the culti-
vation of plants obtained from b.
hemia and Bavaria. After careful ex-
animation of the samples resulting
from these replantings, we are able to
state that they now correspond very
nearly with the actual Bohemian or
Bavarian growths. The total produce
tion Of hops in the world in 1896
amounted to 1850, 900 Quintals. Rus
sia's contribution to this figure was
S3 900 quintals and her export of hops
IN 1896 to the different European states
reached $1,000 quintals, being an in
crease Of $500 quintals upon the pre-
vious year: 1t can, therefore. be un-
derstood that Russian hops will prob
ably attain an honorable and import
ant position in the worlds market
lie Petit Journal, du Brasseur, Brus-
EelS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26
NO MORE .FANDANGO
ROMANCE FAST VANISHING
&. FROM CALIFORNIA. s<5s
Its Gay and Graceful Movements n,
Longer Seen In the Southern Part o
the state-some Interesting Picture
of Southern Life. .s:*sss3

HE fandango Q
song and story hal l;
disappeared fro u
the social gatherI
ings Of the Mexi1
cans and Spanish
in southern Calf
fornia. ia i. The Il bes]|
posted Mexicans id
San Ber n a r d in 4
county say there
has not been a fail
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26

Color of Flowers.-aaa1iss Esther
Thompson, in the casa Gray Bulletin. .
disputes the dogma that color in flow
ers is solely the product Of light; and
also the dogma that color is given to
flowers for the purpose of attracting in
sects, and thus aiding in cross-fertili-
zation. In defense of her view, she
points out that there is as much varia-
tion in color in roots in the darkness
of underground life, as in the flowers
exposed to the full light above. She
refers to white and yellow carrots. pur-
pie beets, red onions, the golden fibres
Of the Coptis, commonly called gold
thread; and she gives numerous other
instances. In the black, upturned mud
of a swamp, she collected among the
network of roots. ivory white, brown
black and yellow tinted fibres. beIon g-
ing to various species Of plants. +
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26
The Sorshums In Kansak

In 1893, when the first returns OF the
non -saccharine sorgbums in Kansas
were made to the State Board of Agri-
culture the area planted to milo maize
was l4,004 acres, Kafir corn 46,91l
acres, and Jerusalem corn II, OPT acres.
In the four years since, according ste,
q press bulletin issued by Secretary 4.
D. Coburn. milo maize has fallen 25.5%
per cent in acreage, and Jerusalem
corn SO per cent, while the increase
IN katir corn has been 692 per cent,
324,S3S acres. The counties in 1893
having 1000 acres or more of Kafir
corn were Neosho, leading with 1882
acres; Clark, 2,480; Comanche, 2,4O5:
Haskell, zoos; Ness, 1,716; Greenwood,
l,627; Dickinson, 1,549; Stanton, 1921;
Gray, 1858; Morris, 1918; Meade, 1,210:
Ford LII; Grant, 1,150; Lincoln, 1,099,
and Ellis, 1,044, or fifteen counties all
told. This year. there are II counties
with 1000 acres and upwards, ranging
from 1928 acres in Graham to 22,256-
in Greenwood. This years area is
371, 1888 acres. The leading counties are
Greenwood, with 22,256 acres: Barber.
Fl, ,548;;E Dickinson, II, 731: Butler, 11,714
and Reno, 11,124. So popular has this
plant become that it is grown in every
county, and, except in a very few, it's
acreage is of considerable Importance.
If the total increase in acreage during
the past four years was equally appor-
toned there would be 3,O93 acres in,
crease for each county in the state.
During the four years from 1894 to
1897 inclusive, the saccharine sorghum
area increased 22O,323 acres, or 166
per cent. The total this year is 352.52s
acres. The county having the largest
planting is Barber, with 1888 acres.
followed by Finney. 1873; Ottawa.
$3.50; Reno, 9,082; Russell, 1883, and
Dickinson, 8,269. Sorghum is grown in
every county; the great bulk of the sac
charine sorghum now raised in the
state is for forage and grain; not at all
for sugar-making, and only in a small
way for syrup. While stock growers
are pretty evenly divided as to which.
sorts are of greatest value for their
purposes both the sweet and the nom
sweet are rapidly gaining in popular
ity and becoming important factors in
their business.-F. D. Coburn. x
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS
some Op-to-Date Hints About Cultiva-
tion of the Soil and Yields Thereof
y horticulture, viticulture and Flori-
s. culture. u
Russian Hor>a.

= ftCdll Cudt, Ill
1882, when hops
were very scarce,
and when we were
paying for them ten
francs per kilo. ,and
even more, our
brewers searched in
every direction for
cheaper hops. Or
ders were then spe-
o;oJ1x, corf IN D0.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-09-14

AN INVESTIGATION has been ordered
by President Mckinley into the con-
duct of the commissary, quartermas-
ter and medical branches of the war
department and into the extent,
cause and treatment of sickness in
the field and the camps during the
late war with Spain. The investiga-
ton had been asked for by Secretary
of War Alger because Of the publicity
which has been given to alleged mis-
management. From newspaper re-
ports there has been much mis-
management, but these reports have
probably been exaggerated. Another
to be noted is that Sec
rotary Alger, whatever his faults,
should not be the scape goat for the
4uartermaster politicians from forty
i've states.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-09-14
Dogs at knights, Feet.

/ noticed in oneof the newspapers
that the king of Siam during his
Jubilee visit to this country went
to Westminster abbey and that, see
ing there the figure of some knight
with his dog at his feet, informed
his suit that in England "favorite
dogs were buried with their mas
tiers. !" 1t was pity no one correct
ed his majesty, for we may depend
upon it that our adherence to the
abominable custom-so common in
less civilized countries, perhaps in
Siam itself-of putting to death the
favorites of the dead will pass into
Siamese history as fact. The dog
in question was doubtless a grey
hound.
AS being pre-eminently the
knightly dog, it was privileged in
life to a special place behind its
masters left hand at table and after
death in effgy to a place at its mas.
ter's feet upon the tomb. Says Colo
mel Hamilton Smith: Hounds shap-
ed. like the present cannot be traced
in the old Frankish and Anglo-Saxon
manuscripts. They are all coursing
greyhounds, and this character is
continued, with but few exceptions,
as the emblem of fidelity or gentiI-
ity, usually couched on monuments
at the feet of knights, to the last
period of the recumbent figure. "
But the symbol is more farreaching
than this, for the dog on the monu.
ments of women was the emblem of
affectionate fidelity to their hus3
bands, on the monuments of men
of unquestioning faith in Provi-
dence. Good Words.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-09-14
THE CHAMPION WOMAN GOLFER.

She holds timber driver in small brown
hand.
She drops it lightly down behind the ball upon
the sand.
So slowly back she brings it,
So cleanly through she swings it,
She's the champion woman golfer Of the land
The crowds that gather round her marvel
greatly at her skill.
She seemed to send the guilty where it pleases
her sweet will,
And the poetry of ser motion
Is a soothing sort % lotion
To those other ones defeated by her energetic
skill.
We're these days of ancient Hellas, upon your
brow they'd place
An Olympic laurel chaplet, an honor and q
grace,
But ideas of modern glory
Are journalistic story
And thousand silver dollars compounded in
vase.
May you never lose the skill to flick the guilty.
from the sandi
May your graceful grasp of golf stick never
leave your small tight hand!
When your life has reached December.
1t may thrill you to remember
You were once the champion golfer of the land.
james B. Connolly in Golfer.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-09-14
THE Bos'N's STORY.

We borrowed some nails from the joiner's
bench,
A hammer and cross saw, too
And sadly reduced McCarthy's fence
AS the good ship Rover grew.
Her lordly mast was the old pear tree,
Her flag was pinafore gay,
And we built her and launched her and sailed
to Fiji
On Saturday morning in May.
And all that summer, come rain or shine
To the wide worlds ends would we sail,
Loading with gems from the Kafir mine,
happening the polar whale,
And the pirate and savage of cannibal chimes
We slaughtered in many a row.
Oh, the gallant ship and the glorious timesl
And where are my shipmates nowP
The captain, chief of renown is he,
Though billiards may fear or sneer.
When duty calls DER the un tried sea,
He is skillful and swift to steer.
Oh, stainless and strong with the glad heart
of yore,
Sail forth on the shoreless tide,
Outward and godward forever more,
With the star CLEAN of truth for your guidel
The cabin boy, oh, his merry eyes
And the stir and the fun he madel
All, the coolies know where the sahib lies,
With bullet hole in his head!
Wandered far from the track you see,
Yet, kingly of heart and hand,
He went to the devil so gloriously
That the down hill road was grand.
And at work by his fathers bench the mate
Looks out on the old time street,
Where grown folk pass with placid gait
And the childrens lively feet.
Slut the world is growing old, says he.
I'VE have no such boys today
As the madcap rogues who sailed with me
That holiday morning in May
Maggie Clark in New York Sun.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-09-14
DEATHS BY DISEASE.

With the strong light of intelligent
popular interest and the parental
love of thousands of homes beaming
upon the army camps, it is not pc
culiar that the sickness and death
from disease has created the impress
sion throughout the land that there
has been criminal negligence in the
matter of caring for the sick soldier
boys. However, a little common
sense and figures will put different
aspect on the whole matter.
There have been, according to the
largest estimate, 1924 deaths from
disease inthe army, both regular and
volunteer, and since the Spanish war
began. There are about 225, 900 men
in the field This is a mortality of
little over one-half of one per cent.
Compare this with the death rate by
disease in the civil war and the latter
is found to excel it by four to sixteen
times the number of deaths. Or
compare the death rate with that of
the cities Of the United States and it
is doubtful if any can show as low a
percentage.
OF course there have come to light
several cases of criminal neglect, but
by comparison, the death rate is
found to be only what might be ex-
pected. The critics should remember
that there have been few wars in
which the deaths by disease did not
out number the deaths in battle.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-09-14


SENATOR DAVIS gave mastery ad
dress at Minneapolis last Wednesday
evening. His speech was devoted to
the record of the Republican party in
state and national administration,
with some new facts on the tariff and
money question. In speaking Of the
opening of the Orient, he said enough
to show that his policy as peace com
missioner will be to obtain the largest
commercial advantages for the
United States in the Philippines.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-09-14

The GROWTH Of Morris has been
phenomenal this year aud would have
done credit to much larger city.
the village has experienced a larger
increase than ever before in it's ex-
istence, and yet the growth has been
warranted and had not been of the
boom nature. If this community
continues to go forward each year as
much as it has this, the outcome will
be prosperous city and well settled
county in a few years. And there is
no reason why this should not be the
case.