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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
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The farmers Of tho United States are
now II the midst Of their Warfare
against the manitold pests that each
Year threaten and ii many cases prac-
teal destroy their crops. The. in
Stensity Of the combat can hardly be
recognized by those not engaged in it.
Sixty years ago noxious insects were
comp few in this country, and
& it was only in certain years that there
was anything like an organized effort
to destroy them. But they have been
steadily spreading and increasing until
they form a gigantic evil and danger,
which even modern science today
stands in awe Of. If science had not
kept pace with the growth OF the dan
ger the farmers of the United States
4 would not reap a crop Of grains, fruits,
or other farm produce sufficient to
4 Keep one-tenth of our population sup
piled with food and clothing. The
famine in India would be nothing to
such catastrophe. Insect fighting is
now reduced to a science. and elabor-
ate preparations, costing in the aggre-
gate hundreds of thousands Of dollars,
have been devised for the warfare The
first part Of the campaign opens in the
! latter part Of May and is against the
currant worms ~ Ali @ s5$ ~ = 81 u ~
q Fighting the Sawfy. = -
& The saway begins its work early in
the spring, and the flies that have win
tered with us begin to fly about and
lay their eggs on the gooseberry and
currant5 bushes. The thousands of in
sects that this fly matches out make
/ it an evil Of the greatest Importance,
and efforts are now being made to de-
stroy the saWtly whenever found.
Sometimes the currant bushes are
sprayed to destroy the eggs, but as a
rule nothing can be done until the
worms hatch out. They appear on the
gooseberry bushes first, and few
days later on the currants. Thousands
OF them seem to appear suddenly on
all sides, and the farmer sprays them
with a force pump which squirts over
the bushes a kerosene emulsion of he'll
lebore and soap. Day after day this
emulsion must be thrown on the
bushes until the worms are killed.
Then, when the first battle to save the
currants and gooseberries is won, new
foes appear in other parts of the gar
den, and new line of battle must be
prepared. Over in the cherry and
plum orchard the dread crrculio has
begun to hatch out, and the enemy is
swarming in hosts on the trees. What
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
Otis ma kes one sta


5m 1,esllt ia particula al which comes.
asa distinct surprise, 4 view of
the fact that he spent a. year and q
half b q in fighting the n ipinos, for he
eclares that these same Filipinos
were without question the very best
of yof the sAsiatic races living on
the Pacific coast and the islands.
us He paid a high tribute to their ac-.
$quisitiv eness, saying that the young
and old were alike anxious to learn
from the Americans and quick to do so
IL given an opp rtunity The demand
4 for schools on the American plan was
Unsuitable. It has not been possible to
secure a sufic Gent supply of Spanish
American text books, the market hav-
ing been denuded Of such. .5532&
When the book hungry Filipinos
were told this, they begged for Ameri-
can school books, and declared that
their children could learn from them
even without the Spanish text and
translations. Gen. Otis found to. his
establishment that such was the case,
and says that in the course Of a very
few months the Filipino children pick
up a fair knowledge of English. +
Even the old natives con the text
books in the effort to fix English
phrases in their minds. There was a
dearth Of teachers, too. Gen. Otis
often had recourse to the soldiers in
his ranks who knew a little Spanish,
and SO were. suitable for detail as
teachers. General Otis e said he
looked upon this educational
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

An exchange remarks that among
the many great questions in dispute is
that one whether it is worth while
for a boy to get himself born in these
days of competition and strenuous life.
Are the chances for. young men to
make way in life as good as they We're
years and years ago, when everything
was new and the great expansion Of
the worlds ability and knowledge was
just budding? There was wild west
in those days, open to all who failed
to get a grip at home or aspired to
create cond itions. There were a thou,
sand things to invent and businesses
to build up. There were roads to build
up and mines to work. Every boy had
"a dozen chances to make his fortune
$or his fame. Has the young man such.
chances now? Old men tell us that
they asked the same question fifty
years ago, with the same doubts Of
the possibilities. No man then could
see that they were actually standing
at the door about to open to let them
into half century Of progress such as
the world had never known. Are We
not at the door of another such?
Society IS reinforced from the bot
tom. The magnates, business kings,
men of fame and the rich, are now on
the farm, or in the shop, or serving
In some hidden corner, wholly uncon-
scious OF their future and very likely
struggling. with this very fr11asti0Tl
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
terri bic warriors these cur culios are
may be inferred from the fact that no

terri Bile warriors these: curculios are
may be inferred from the fact that no
poison will xii I them unless 1T is mixed
/ so strong with the Iarsenites that the
foliage and limbs Of the trees are de-
stroyed by it toe. S The cllrculios con-
/ sequently laugh as the spray and
swarm in the orchard with the bold.
ness of mailed warriors 5of old. But
something must be done If they make
their ppearance Large white sheets.
are prepared for them, and these are
spread under the trees. The trees are
then shaken or. Jared with. rubber
shod poles that reach far up into the!
branches. When {dislod ged from the
branches the curcul:us roll up In q
heap. While in this condition they
must be killed, for they will soon re-
cover themselves and fly away. Fruit
and trees are both stung by the cur
culios, and when once stung fruit is
of no marketable use, and the trees
will soon refuse to bear fruit sat all. In
some localities the sparroWs and cat.
birds prove such formidable enemies.
to the cherries that whole orchards
have to be covered with mosquito net.
ting. This is flung over the tops OF.
the trees and drawn down tight to the
ground so that the birds cannot get
under it.. Good netting lasts for two
years and the cost is less than 81 a
tree. If the fruit is choice. and the
crop is a good one it pays to protect
the cherries in this way from the
birds, for they often do as much dam
age in puncturing the fruit as in eat
ing it. B @:e. .s,is 4 : u:
<s:qa Il, The Cooling Moth. sa.(EG.
While the curculio and birds are
making the cherry and plum crop a
decidedly unknown quantity the cod
ling moth has led a host of other
tribesmen into the apple orchard,
striving to steal march on the farm
er from the rear. This moth begins
its work before the apple petals fall
from the tree, and when the orchard
is beautiful in it's dress of blossoms
the codHng moth is doing It's worst
damage. Over these blossoms poison
Gus sprays of London purple have to
be poured, drenching the flowers with
it so that animal or beast eating Of
them. will be killed. But this is the
only way to save the apple crop, and
the spraying must be repeated two or
three times before the moth is de-
stroyed. The peach orchard is treated
in the same way for the same injurious
insect. ..:,-.,$ - -.
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a Certificate OF Character.

During his tour in Ireland IN 1926,
Sir Walter Scott visited Glenda lough
and It's show places, including st.
Kevin's Bed amongst them. He was
the first lame man that ever climbed
into the BED, and Mr.. PUNK Ell, son
Of Lord Chancellor Plunkett, told the
woman guide, after Sir Walter had
moved on, that he was 4 poet.
Poet! said she. q Not BIZ av him,
but az honorable jintleman he guy
me hall crown. /,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
/. Foreigners IN Slavery.

s. Inmi grafton officials say that many
foreigners ID this country are living
in a. condition of alb ect slavery. AT
Avon, here u q olony zof 270
Italians who are under the direct cdn-
troll Of one man. who hires them out 70
farmers and fruit growers and takes
Emostsof their earnin IS lille those who
perform Tie labor get ttttle more than
enough to5 eat, and are housed 81 build
lngs little better than cal tle shed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
Not sufic,ently ms q c = !, 4. q

he Boston Transcript tells of an
Episcopal hurch that IS being sued
because sit IS not ssufi cientl IIigh
11church Al pears that a certain
person left money IS this }chnrc with
the provi sion hat he services should
come up to certain standard Of
schure hmansh ip: s. min ster has
failed, cla iEaed, i to set as much
srttualisrn into q service, and the fre-
sof the foc y money calls
for.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
8 .A Little ADVICE

4 "'BroIh hers N remarked Rev.7 MI.
Goodsby there was a large decrease
in contribut ions to-day. Perhaps you
are saving your change to buy ire fl e,
works on the Fourth of July a very
}commendable spirit, / assure you, but:
If a change does not nanife fest itself IN
the lives Of which some y GU are lead,
ing you will see plenty Of pyrote cllELl'
displays later on, and you will be very
foolish8to spend a cent on fireworks
now very foolish. ~ ndi Annapolis Sun.
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PATENTS.

List OF Patents Issued Last Week to
4. y E$ Northwestern Inventors
s Thomas Forstner, New Ulm, MINI,
vehicle pole attachment; Hans -. Heg-
land, Cyrus, Mimi, pneumatic straw
stacker; Pierpont T. Langdo Audi
4 bon. MINI, automatic car axle lubri-
Gator; Anton T.. PETER, ST. Cloud,
Mimi. merchandise exhibitor s5f sztt5 !
= Merwin. Lothrop 4 Johnson. Patent Attor.
Ueys. oil 4 912 Pioneer Press Bldg. St Paul
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
Japan Anxious

Japan2 is alarmed over the emf ation
Of many Of her resi- tents to this co y q
try who are lured here BY m mi + !:
xsentat ton. This is like the misrepre-.
sentat ion which deludeS peopl into pc IS
salieving that any ID her met cine is
equal to IL letters Stomach Bitters
for stomach disord ers. It will cure IN IL
Y digestion, constip al On and dy spepsia.i
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
The Parsons Revenge,

It had been the custom of an 'Atch-
ison man all his life to time his preach
er at. church, and when the preacher
had talked thirty minutes the Atchison
man thought it long enough, and got
up and walked out. He died recently,
and the preacher took advantage of
the fact that the knoeker on long SER
mems couldn't get away, and preached
a funeral sermon lasting an hour and
fifteen minutes Atchison Globe.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
Taking in Boarders.

4 4sY& Taking in Boarders. - (;
Mrs. Smythe-What is poor Mrs. Per
kins going to do, now that her husband
is dead? = 2;.9 ts5: s u.
+ .Smythe-Take in bcarders. s<Ea&;
\: Mrs; smythe-No? Why, she can't ear t
Sn-ythe-- Precisely. Didn't I say that
sbefWas going to take them nh La ar
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

Are You Using Aliens .Foot-Easee
It Is the only cure for Swollen,
smarting, Burning. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, CSC. Sample sent FREE. sAd-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
! Soldiers, Hoc,rl,aestead Claims :,

q, IT- ~ SOId1ers Horaestead C1a1ms. 3
Il - The friends of the veterans Of The
Civil War are comp lafning OF the I'M
fortunate delay Of the General Land
Office in acting on the applications for
soldiers additional homestead rights.
Senators and Representatives In Con
gress who are friendly to the old sol
diers should inquire into this matter.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

The Turk is a fatal list off the most;
pronounced type. ss ST ismet- is fate.
lis his Watchword He may lose the
most cherished object hat his life
holds, but d will not 81 move him to
tears Or supp lions or to rage
he believes it, was to have been.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
Read the Advertiseme nts.

You will enjoy this publication much
better if you will get into the habit Of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford most amusing story, and will
help you in the way Of getting some
excellent bargains. Our advertisers are
reliable; they send what they adver-
;tise. ,-s 49, Iqs .-..,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

4 Too 1fuc1 Tor tn sor's N eryes.
! hat ma de- Prof. j ound ers ring the
bell and dash Off AS e car ill 5sstlch
haste ?'5gafS 81 s4ss
d, he told me q that he couldn't
stand it to see those three women
chewing gum and not keeping TINS. ~
indianapolis Jollrna l 9
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
n Coquette Defined

hat Isl coquette, papa ?'' the
asked as she look up from her book
ss coqlett Z, 4, q rep1ie led the old gentle
man. IS Al IS no get lots of ad
ion and nary q hush and. Chi:
cage Evening Post.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

Better. the pessimism that persists
against odds, than the optimism. that
makes no effort. at all.--The Rams
Horn. ' r. II i .s gslss Ss z
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

) Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections Of the throat ana lungs.-WM.
o. ENDsLEY. Vanburen, nd Feb. 10. 1900. % 4 4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18
Artistic Athletics.

,..t.. & Artistic Athletics.
THAT man you sent up to clean
house is awfully stylish, Harry"
"Dces he wear a. silk hat?' - -s+.
"No but he beats the carpets with a
golf stick. "'-Indianapo Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup. $S4 tS5
smmation aliays psin. cures wind colics sc bottle
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Many a mans vices have at first
been nothing worse than good quail
ties run wild. 4. 81. 3:s. g..s
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ladies' can wear shoes.

One size smal Ter a ter using Aliens Foot
Ease, . powder. it makes tight or new
shoes easy Cures sWoll en- ot,sweating,
aching feet, ngrowing nails, corns and
bunions A 81 drug gistsS and shoe stores
DC. Trial package Ere by mai Adj
dress Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, " S
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

5$tf Surely, half the world must be blind;
they can see nothing unless it glitters.
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If a man is made Of dust that may
explain why so many men are always
dry. 5% S . a.%3:.::i.:is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

on q Level With EthePelxin Joke. DE
Nv ere b ou down South during the
recent solar eclipse ?''
s2s.sY & and 81 saw something funny . ~
hat was thai ?''
III Il, men who had been smoking
tobacco al their lives were smoking
glass Chicago News. b .s5#
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

] Spanish girls. who make the famous
fans of Valencia are paid about %
cents per day. ~. ~ 1*s; n 4
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4 Always an Attraction

. ss5 g ell, our window exhibit is ar
ranged 50 that all the women win
crowd up and look at it, it =
j sS.''HoW have YOU fixed it 2
RI I've put out placard, fresh
paint. I'll Indianapolis Journal. I'D n sF5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

a st is reputably reported that a dwarf
form OF Cornus florida has been Sc
cured and will be grown extensively
for the market. Meehan's Monthly f
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

Human nature sets a man up as q
Judge Of his neighbo rs. 8 5Ss III ..S
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favorite for life and color the hair
10 PARKER's HAIR BALsAE. f5
HINDERcoRas the best cure for corns. 15cts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

Halls Catarrh Cure T
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

T.. Wild Man Nearer Home. y +: ;S&
s'''Whatsa heathenish lot these Chinese
boxers are.'' r. '2@ H.. = ,2.5 sss
ooh, I$don't know; there's that st.
Louis mob. New York Sun. q, T. r..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

rothing in the world IS lawless ex--
cept8a slave. sl
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

81 Truth, when Wits, IS, the Wittiest OF
all things.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

Cure that Dandru1 s$5 q
By using Coke Dandruf Cure. We guar
antee it TO cure or refund the money.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

Washing a pig will not make 1t stoI
liking mud. s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

Baseball players; Golf play ers; all play
Eerss chew Whites Yucatan whilst playing
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

Science sees signs ooetry the thing
ssignifed.
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ii Carter's Ink - Used by the
greatest railway systems Of the United States.
They would not use it IL it wasn't the best. y s
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

In the Kimberley. In inaugurating this
newer system Of diamond mining an en-
ormous outlay was necessary on exca-
waiting appliances, n it is estimated
that these cost millions of dollars. The
wheel used for mining purposes is the
largest in the world, and was cast by the
De Beers company at Kimberley.
t.. AN ARMY OF LABORERS.
- In the ariou mines a vast army of
laborers is kept in constant employment
when everything is in running order.
Oyer twelve thousand colored men are
at work. with a staff of nearly three
thousand white men engaged as over
seers, engineers and tradesmen. Day and
night, week days and Sundays, the work
proceeds. Eight hours at a stretch each
gang works. While one gang is below
the remainder live on the surface, and
while they wait their turn they are kept
in a huge square or compound, sur
rounded OF the inside by sheds, where
the colored toilers live and sleep.
They are entirely cut off from the
outer world for three months at a time,
and then if anyone wishes to leave his
work he is kept in a room by himself for
seven days. All his clothing is taken
from him, and he is not suffered to de-
part until every risk of having secreted
a diamond on his person is eliminated.
That such stringent measures are
needed to check robbery is shown by the
fact that not long ago one fellow had a
sore leg, and a it well-bandaged Just
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13
CAPE NOME
WORKED OUT.

sCape Nome beach is dead as a gold
producing center, If it ever produced
any quantity of the yellow metal This
Is the opinion of DR.. Cabell Whitehead,
who a just made a preliminary report
to George E. Roberts of the mint. DR..
Whitehead was sent to Nome early in
June as a special representative of the
treasury to report upon the outlook. He
rs considered an expert in mining mat
ters. DR.. Whitehead's report shows
THAT the celebrated beach AIT Cape Nome
is no longer to be counted upon. but that
the surrounding country is rich In gold
and may produce heavily for many years
to come. The gold output for this sea
son is estimated at from $1,50O,O 900 to
81 900, 900.
Thu mint bureau has received figures
showing that the assay offices at Seattle
and San Francisco have received $4,000
900 thus far from Nome. DR.. Whitehead
explains that a great deal of the gold in
circulation at Nome was mined at Daw-
SON CITY, and was taken to Nome by
miners who went there in search of bet
ter prospects. It is therefore thought
that much of the gold received at Seattle
and San Francisco from Nome was Klon-
dixie gold.
DR.. Whitehead's report speaks for it.
self. 1T is as follows:
"Nome City, Sept. 8, 1aG0.-At this time
1t is definitely known that the beach cam
NOT be counted upon, even as a small pro-
ducer, in the future. When we arrived
this summer the beach had already been
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

the ancient river beds along the head Of
Dexter and Anvil creeks; these deposits
are locally known as bench Claims, since
they form benches above the present bed
of the creeks.
"Some of these deposits are ~fabulously
rich, nothing richer having been found
in the Klondike, l am told, than some
of the claims along Nickkala gulch. The
extent of these deposits, however, has
not yet been proven.
Il incline to the opinion hat these
ancient n are the source OF the
gold found in all the creeks in this dis
trict, as well as the gold taken from
the bench. and if l am right in his opin-
ion. they should be extensive and add
many millions to the worlds production.
MUCH BEACH GOLD AVAILABLE.
at will be recalled that gold was first
struck along the creeks, and that later
1t wa found on the hillsides, and traced
to Gold hill, French hill and Cheechocee
hill, these hills representing positions OF
ancient channels, which had not peer re-
moved to the creeks below.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

as he was leaving. The limb was exam
ined by the suspicious officials, and in a
self-infiicted wound were discovered ten
not less than a thousand dollars.
When the laborers in the underground
galleries dig out the diamond-yielding
earth it is loaded on small trolleys. These
are run to the shaft and brought to the
surface by machinery in astonishing
quantities. Here it is spread out on floors
five or six hundred acres in extent. Here
it lies for several ont
COLLECTING THE GEMS.
Exposed to the sun and air, the hard
blue ground gradually crumbles, and
whe it is finally reduced to dust the
valuable diamonds are collected in the
washing machines.
To leave this enormous quantity of
such a large open-air area would natur-
ally be thought rather a risky proceed
ing. When, however, you know that the
floor area is enclosed by very lofty
fences, and that armed guards are placed
at short distances who keep watch night
and day, while on an eminence is a sort
of observatory furnished with powerful
telescopes and searchlights, you under
stand how small is the chance Of losing
ever a single stone.
The washing chill are most in
genious pieces of mechanism. They are
in the form of great watts, containing