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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19

asked ito inspect it.. He cordially con-
sented, and upon leaYing expressed his
admiration OF the arrangements and
promised to send q presen
In the form OF q sumptuous set of
SCOTS novels. The wife Of the found-.
.er thought the edition much too splen-
did for the purpose, and at the earliest
opportunity told the donor So:
1. Madam said Ruskin, lf the money
the books cost had been spent in floral
decorations or wines for a dinner
nothing would have been said against
1t, but because it has been laid out for
the enjoyment Of the simple villagers
it is thought extravagant.'' =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19

sian state papers purporting to have
been stolen from the archives OF the
Muscoyite ministry Of war have created
sensation ii England and engaged
public attention there to q degree sec
ond only to the interest In the war
news from South Africa. These papers
were sold in London by a man who
formerly was connected with the Office
OF she Russian general staff, and who
had faller out with his employers and
fled to Englas1, d. The documents show
that Russia regas- IDS England's DIM.
Guilty as her opportunrss, and has late ate
" been making every prep.;l la'loh - -
oveffun the .'buher state" OF Ars1~aan-. !.
istan and assail the borders Of north
ern India. "a thorough military recon
noissance has been made by Russian
officers Of the Indian frontier, a plan
of campaign outlined, native rulers and
religious leaders sounded and a pol
icy for stirring up the border chiefs
and the native princes Of the coveted !
country has been formulated. Henry
Norman and an anonymous writer
have challenged the authenticity of the
papers, but though it is admitted, as
Mr.. Norman asserts. that some Of the
nlace-names are misspelled-as Samar-
land for Samarkand--such mistakes
might easily occur in the haste of copy
ing and translation. Signatures, dates,
q names, places and maps are given, sew.
II eral Of the places on the map, which
is traced from the Russian original:
appearing on no English map, though
F they really exist, and the document
seems to bear intrinsic marks of gen.
niness. Attempts to discredit have not
succeeded. The Russian officers who
made the Investigation and reported
i were Col. Ukroff Naraskoi, Capts. Bas-
ilovich Markoff and Yonoff Kriminski,
IF and Vasilon Karskoi, secretary Of the
commission. They began their secret
labors last May, and made their report
late last December to Gen. Kuropatkin,
minister OF war. Travelling sometimes
together and sometimes separately in
order to avoid notice, they visited all
the Russian outp the principal
/ strategic points in Afghanistan and
along the Indian frontier, and even
passed over the Chinese territory in
& the course OF their invest gations. In
submitting their report they say: I'VE Wl'e7
think it we'll to state, for the informa-
tion OF your excellency, that we are L1ds
unanimous ID the conclusions arrived
at, and have not the least doubt that
3 the invasion Of India and the bringing
Of the millions who tnha bit that coun-.
4 try under the beneficent rule Of his i'm i'm
perial majesty the czar ARE not only
s possible, but could be acconplis IL
ia comparatively short space Of time
the exact period requisite Depending
mainly on The moment chosen and thu
condi ditions off the season when the
work is Undertaken.
That Russia is Intriguing with thu
natives isshown by 4 reference to s.tht
s Nj secret agents now engaged II the col,
lection OF information respecting the
trend of events. political and strategic
o. the Persian CHAN and 3 Kasmil
frontiers Z.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19
n Trapping syorm-E.ten z1splss. ,

Tapping m-Eaten Msplss. s5
Shall Worm-eaten naples be tapped
this spring? This question Is being
asked 50 frequently and 50 earnestly
that tl1a the following opinion Is given in
reply by the Vermont experiment. sta
ton ss & s5s3 s
Whether or not to tap will depend
upon circumstances Of which the su-
gar-maker is the best judge. His de-
iciston should be Influenced by the fol-
lowing considerat ations. The sugar is.
the reserve food of the tree stored
last season to feed the buds this COM
Ing spring. The amount Of sugar
taken from an ordinary maple tree by
tapping Is from Q to 4 per cent Of its
total sugar content. This Is SO small
a fraction as usually to cause no ap-
preciable loss to the tree. But il the,
tree re has been SO badly eaten by worms
during the past seasons as to have its
life endangered, it might be unde-s
sirable to make even this small drain
which would somewhat decrease the
chances Of life for the tree. {
It Is to be rememb bered, however, In
this connection that all OF the stored
sugar was manufactured in the green
leaves last season. Now If those leaves
We're eaten by the worms there would
be proporti tionately less sugar In the
{ sap, and in case the damage to the
/ foliage was really serious the sap will
be OF SO low quality as regards sugar
content that it will not pay to tap
I the trees in any case. On the other
hand, il there is enough sugar present
to make tapping profitable, then there
Is enough 50 that the removal Of the
2 to per cent will not appreciably
affect the tree. " 5#.#5 81. ~ 81
It is believed, therefore, that the
safest way for one who is in doubt is
to determine the quality Of the sap
from his trees, selecting several rep-
resentative trees and taking samples
from these before tapping the remain
der. It the sap is of good quality he
may safely tap. II, however, it is OF
poor quality that is, deficient In
sugar it will be both unsafe and un-
profitable to. tap. The directions may
be tersely put thus: Tap II there IS
sugar enough to make It pay to do So. SO.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19
Not So Fair ~ II Look,

Not SO Fair rs 1t Looks
"A Topeka woman has asked the
governor Of Kansas to have a law
passed that will force her husband to
stay at home three nights in the
week, u Fl. s.s
rs. teThat seems fair sl
t.eIt does to any man who isn't ae-
qnainted with Kansas women.. Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. T
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19

!. ] ] ! I ! 9
! ' I


has SUCH = rocOs,d for nh
sOlufelyo oIxs,lng fos1saleNxs
and Kidney troubles as
has Lydia e. Pxnldban,1s
Vegetable c0l,lp0u1d.
JbNedNoInes that arc ad-
yerflsed 10 cure every
thing oannOf he specifics
for as,yfl5li1gs
[ ydIa q. PInlkhamys
Vegetable COMPOUND Will
not 0us,e eNes,y kind Of H.
moss that may afflicf n10n.
women and children, but
proof ks monumental that
u will and does cure MI
the Ms peculiar. to women.
This Is q facf illdzspuf-5
abLe and can be verified.
by more than q million
women. 49,. Ss.55
lf YOU are sick don { ex-
pertinent, fake the s,1edS-
0Ine that has the record,
Of tho largest number Of
cures.
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co, Lynn, Mass
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19
The Russians Are Dolly Defyin9 I
Operations ii the East.

The plan recommended is secretly to
collect large bodies Of troops On the
Afghan frontier and strong force of
lgossacks at Charog in the Panilu. All
being ready and the northern chiefs
and the disgruntIed native princes Of
India being prepared for their deliv--
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19

England never forgets that the north
star looks down through the sKhyber
pass. and that year after year the Rus
sian outposts creep closer TO the con-
fines OF India. The movement Of TO-
900 Russian troops to the Afghan from
tier and the publication of secret Rus
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19
+ England 4 | / / | BY

conference Of the British Library asso-s
citation, q characterfst story Of John
Rushin was told In connection with the
subject OF village zlibraTie a library
for the labprers Of 8 lake-country y1l-
1age had been establis and jlst
before the opening Mr. Ruskin was
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19

Perhaps the Shethen Could.
Mr.. Stubb (reading The sermon of
the returned missionary struck a chord
in every heart, and many society
women gave in their diamonds for the
heather 81 35
Mrs. Stub hey might just as we'll
have paste diamonds John The
heat hen could never tell the difference.
Chicago News.
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Mated,

ssz. Mated. F5s 4sf si N
The other day, !" said Jones, an old
woman bounced into our Office display
Ing notice that we had written to
her to the effect that quarter tax on
some property Of hers was due She
-swore she had paid it: I had the books
to prove that she had not, and suggest
ed that she had made mistake. She
declared that she had not and said:
Don't you ever make mistaken I
gssured her that I did not, and joking
II added: The only mistake ever
made was when I was married She
looked at me a second, and then said:
NO, your wife made that mistake. = =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19
II You v ant a aIackinto.h

II You '. ant q NIackintosh
Ask your local dealer to show you
samples OF. GOLD SEAL" AIACKIN-
TOSHES. If he has none he can get
them from Goodyear Rubber Co., st.
Paul. ID A Macintosh that bears
"Gold Sear' label is guaranteed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19

Country Publishers and Farmers IS
and all who need power should get cata-
logne of Gasoline Engines issued by j..
Thompson q Sons, Beloit, Wis. It is sent
free to anyone. They also make full line
of farm implements The firm is thorough
" reliable and you will make no mistake
in writing them. 24#s s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19

.Ss5s .s War Preferred.
4 Henri, do you love NE well enough
to fight for the Beers ~ szsl3S5s. Ear 81.
Il do, little one 2 ss &
d Then go to Marie du Voix and tell
her that am the nest beautiful
woman yOu eyer saw 81
Pardon me, little one, Il viii go to
the war instead "-P Pickk- -Me-Up.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19
HeBeIie,yed II.

y # They say there is arsenic in playing
cards" !" 8E55
Well, thought I'd been holdiug
some mighty .pizon' hands lately. -. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer. !, 3,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19

*ss&s$$z:ks Edwin Mnrkham. N 81
my earliest collections" said Nh
Edwin Markham, author OF The Man
with the Hoe, g in a recently reported
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19

Hugo and from Carlyle and sRuskin. In
poetry was much attracted by the
passionAo Of Shelby and by the Imagine.
sttYe insi ehf pf bro RnIng. SMinburnes
was another favorite of mine z & sss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19
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Stables.

= hi y 5GSE
1t is rare that farmers stables are
constructed with the three-fold idea OF
giving proper light, proper ventilation on
and proper drainage. Any one OF these, sse
defects is likely to cause much suner-5
Ing to the animals and loss 70 the farm
err Il the stable Is too dark, the eye
sight Of the animals is injured, and
the same Is true when the light comes,
In In doubtful rays from this crevice
and from that. Even light from a
dirty, small window obscured with
cob webs is not OF sufficient quality
or quantity to give the light needed
for the development and health Of the
eyes. Stables that are built compact
" with light and that high up are
generally also poorly ventilated and
the bottom part Of the barns OF sta
bles become pit to catch and hold all
the bad odors, including the carbon1c
acid gas from the lungs Of the AMI
mails. II, In addition. the drainage
is poor the odors are Increased, for
the urine remains in the stable and
throws on ammonia. 1t Is Wonoer
that animals can live at. all in some
Of the barns and stables in which they
are kept all winter. Stables should be
constructed on high ground where pos
'sible, that the drainage problem may
be reduced to its smallest proporti tons.
II a stable has to be constructed on
the level, great care should be taken
to see that it is perfectly drained, and
that the drain Is not clogged up and
the urine forced back in wet wealth
er. If the drainage is poor the only
alternative is to use large quantity
of absorbent material, by the assist
ance OF which the urine may be taken
up and removed. Even in stables that
have good drainage absorbents should
be used to a considerab BILE extent.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19
To Sell Aninlna1s.

B. Buyers Of animals are to very
large extent influenced by their first
Impressions. This may not be strictly
true of the professional horse buyers,
but most OF our horses and other ami;
mails are sold to men that are not pro-
.fessional buyers. So much does the
appearance influence buyers that the
professional horse buyers make. a point
Of picking up poor looking but val
liable animals and putting them in
shape to bring the most money. Some
times few hundred weight OF corn
put onto a horse has brought buy
ar that made the operation exceeding
ly profitable. There is no reason why
the farmer should not make a special.
effort to put his sale stock in extra.
fine condition. q clean stable and In
yiting surroundings have q decided in
fuence In biasing the opinion OF the
would-be purchaser. If q horse iss to
be sold time spent IN grooming him till
mis- coat shines will be time well spent
The Fat that the farmer can put on on
his ribs will be sold at u fancy price.
The same applies with equal force to:
.attle, and the Well-fed ell-carded,
animal, kept u q clean, airy stable Will
sell for "a advance over the good ami
nal that Is not 80 cared Tor.
Experimenters that have carefullys
noted the rate o growth of the corn
plant have ascerta lined that + some
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-05-19


Characteristlc Story OF Ruskin. \
During the proceedings Of recent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-23
,r SPORT OF KINGS.
:. TOO Much for the Shippers
 4,va of the Tradition.

roo Much for the Shippers
 .at,ve of the Tradition.
 ,no used to be called the sport
 but not many of the m. .ern |.5 heads keep up the old t.adi- e s'be czar of Russia occasionally at 2 battue, but the thing bores ns he goes only out of po'iteness. .I sssnce of Wales is a very good ia fond of shooting, but his a days are over. The emDarof tnany hunts and shoots a Enoa & ] those who know him best say
 moi much care for the sport |<,m 1t is a matter of tradition |spt thing for a royal parsonage |rha king of Portugal, who holds q |,ord for fatness among all the s. ia physically disabled from |s.olent exercise. The king of % never touches s gun. The sul- Frurtey cannot bear to see ona s New York Commercial Adver- Ere king of the Belgians has ..y once in his whole life, and
 q very unkingly fashion. He Id have the sensation of killing
 the trouble of going in search oma So be sat in his arm chair stad at a lot of rabbits let lose hag in front of him. When the sleared away and his majesty br his bag he had to be told that
 had been found was one tail .ertain small quantity of hnn. sr went shooting again. Th~ Jtaly is the only real represen- N the old hng1y tradition. He ightw hunter and frequently 5,D all the routine work without Eof warning, and goes off with 6er Col. Pazziubolini, to spezd Hweeks in pursuit of the game inds with which the mountains
 Formerly he established no nf communication with Rome.
 oueen Margherita nor any of asters ever knew where to find weeks at a time. He might
 his throne in sudden up- and known nothing of it til Ended to the plains. Of late.
 he has become wiser. Now a Ieaves Rome every second day his expeditions, bringing re- |all that appens.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-23
PLLAR A POUND

ik Meat in She Kiondifss esion by Miners.
 pflngs VI per pound in ths 'ning camps, and there are uf desrslayers in that ter are cleaning up the tidy w a month above thei. ses. M. I. A. Kicker os ne a good story of one pnlefs. who ran across a 'af, promptly added them eag and got them into the ,,enent, where, greatly to ae found that Bruin meat. es'eemet a dainty in the not be giyes away. He HIS camp a wiser indi- thereafter never wasted ', on any more ce that spe~ yer hunting seems a pret- position for some O our "ao would like tG combine oig game and an oppor~ ae a small fortune. and it eo prove a more certain staking ont a claim that 'Alng, turn out anything
 Tbe hunter would be asSet that would pay top ~ Aaggle oger a reason e aonghness in the goods f the benefit of any ener- nan who desires to try
 aa elk providsr in ors
 oh and other budding newest gold regions, i af the ao-so is the most lh use up there at the on account of it's long compactness of its auo-
 York Timea
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-23
bRTE IN POPULATION
Ethe Standing Of the united
 htes Among the Nations

@ths Standing Of the United |htes Among the Nations
 EFere 62, ,622, ,250 inhabitants in Md States ten years ago, ac- #o the last census. Secretary Etuary of the treasury, who ie Euesser jR matters of populas Aputes the present population Blaine and California, Alaska. E West, at 76,148, 600. To this Hdded the peoples brought un- Stars and stripes by the war zn and by the annexation ot, b say nothing of Cuba, Porto
 Guam. If the F'ilipinos can Id te stand still long enough Ented they may possibly yield or two more, but unless the aS made a mistake in addi-
 will yet remain a vide gap De actual and the magnificent mber. For a decade or two herefore, the United States eontent to remain in the kce in point of population E nations of the earth. China De encroachments upon her
 still holds the lead, with
 men, women, and chil~ ain her borders; the British hes next. with 381. .037 ,S74
 Including the dusky fanatics Rudan; and the Russian em, Fd, 129,211.113 persons owinS
 to the czar. No other nS
 Ever, can show such a ra54d $ that of the United States.
 ashington was president of
 umbering fewer than 3,800,-
 luals It took 20 years for c tioh to double. In 1910 It 8l. in 1920 it had reached
 S22, and 1b years later the l Os0. From this time on it
 by leaps and bounds.
 kas 17,0O9, ,45S, in 1850 it was
 ln 1860 1t had reached 31,-
 30 years ago the census Population of SS,558,371. It
 Fs the 50,000,oo0 mark until
 1t was 5O.155, 7S3, and the ', Patton, 1890, gave a total of
 plttsburg Dispatch.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-20
Council prnceellinms.

A regular meeting of the common
council WAS held Monday evening. Pres
ent-Mayor Brosius, Aldermen Blowers,
Davidson, LuclSey and Mcdonald, and
Marshal olinger.
Dukes, chairman OF the committee on
streets and public property, being absent
from town, there was no report on Mr..
Early's proposition asking franchise to
establish an electr!ct light plant. An
informal discussion of the subject re-
suited in the conclusion that the town,
not having jurisdiction over the streets,
could not give the privilege Of setting
poles and stretching wires, The county
court would be the proper tribunal to
ask for the privilege.
Mcdonald reported that the bills in
the smallpox cases amounted to $l34.3 SO
more than the amount borrowed to set
tie them. The finance committee, after
paying all labor bills in cash, figured
all other bills down to 65 per cent to
be paid in cash, and warrants will be
issued for the S5 per cent balance, ac-
cording to the instructions of the council.
Bill of the marshal of 81 for killing
and burying two dogs was allowed.
Marshal 0linger reported that the dog
tax had nearly all been paid by owners
of dogs.
Ordinance 81, enabling the town to
borrow 1924 and specifying bills to be
paid, was read second time and adopted.
Leslie Butler was nominated for town
treasurer and elected unanimously,
Adjourned.
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Precinct Nominations.

The democrats have nominated +. Z.
Denzer for justice of the peace for Hood
River district. Mr.. Denzer at one time
filled the same Office in the state OF
Washington and served Q term as sheriff
Of Skamania county. He has been a
resident Of Hood River for about three
years and is contractor md builder,
GU Hayes is the republican nominee
for justice Of the peace in Hood River
district Mr., Hayes il an old settler in
Hood River and has oreditably filed
many important positions.
h. $. Olinger is the republican nomi-
nee for constable.
T. j. Wright is the democratic nomi-
nee for constable.
In West Hood River district M. r..
Noble is the democratic nominee for
road supervisor and Warren Miller the
republican nominee for the same office.
In East Hood River district Sam Har-
bison is the republican nominee for road
supervisor and Peter Mohr democratic
nominee for the same office.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-04-20
New Train Service on the o. R. & n.

New Train Service on the O. r. & n.
The double train service to be estab-
lished between Portland and Chicago
April 22d, in which the 0. r. & N, the
Union Pacific and the Oregon Short Line
are interested, will shorten the through
time II hours. Train No. 2, leaving
Portland at 9:15 a. m, beginning On the
date named, will be known as the Chi
cago-P Portland Special. Its equipment
will be new, making it fully the equal OF
any train now in service from the Pa
cifc coast to the East. 1t will consist
of a mail car, baggage car, a library
composite car, first-class Pullman
sleeper, dining car, two chair cars, and
tourist sleeper. There will be but one
change Of cars to all Eastern points.
The full time will be three days through
to Chicago, or four days and two hours
to New York.
The second train, known as No. 6, will
leave Portland at 6 30 p. m, connecting
at East Portland with the Southern Pa
cfc's overland train from San Francisco
and will carry through equipment to
Chicago via the Union Pacific and the
Chicago & Northwestern, and also the
equipment for the Washington division
of the 0. r. & N, in connection with
the Great Northern for st. Paul. This
train will reach Spokane at 10 a. m. A
dining car will be furnished for break
fast into Spokane, and for dinner on
corresponding train leaving Spokane at
3:45 p. m. The new schedule as ar
ranged will supply the most complete
service ever furnished on the O. II. < n,
as it provides increased service in East
ern Oregon, where it is greatly needed,
and gives immediate connection with
the Washington division at Pendleton.
At this point there is large interchange
of traffic on account Of the various min
ing districts of Baker county, the Ceur
d Alene, the Republsc and Kootenai
mining camps. Portland is greatly ben
eftted by this change, inasmuch as in
creased service is given from Eastern
Oregon and Idaho.
No. 2 will arrive in Chicago at 9:30
a. m. No. 6 at Z AS O. M, as at present.
The west bound train out of Chicago,
corresponding with No. 2, is No. l. This
will arrive in Portland at 400 p. m.
The tram corresponding with the east
bound No. 6 is No. out of Chicago.
This will reach Portland at 80 a. m.
West bound train No. will leave Chi
cago at $3.50 p. m. and Omaha at 8:20
a. m. the following day, The time will
be reduced two hours and As minutes.
No. 8 west bound train will leave Chi
cago at 1890 p, m. and Omaha at 4:25
p. m. the next day.
The service on theUnion Pacific on all
these trains include Buffet-smoking IL
brary cars and dining cars. No. 6 will
carry daily ordinary sleeper to Kansas
City, with change EN- route to ordinary
cars to Chicago.
Consult the nearest ticket agent for
detailed information.
w. Fl. HURLBURT,
General Passenger Agent.