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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
A Living or a Life.


w. b. Russell, formerly governor of
Massachusetts, was one of the most
brilliant young men ever honored by
the leadership of a great state. Once
IN addressing body of law graduates,
ne gave utterance to an idea which de-
serves the largest possible audience.
Remember,s fellows" he said. that
there is an everlasting difference be-
tween making a living and making a.
life y
" AS a matter of fact we know that al
most anybody can make living. A
pair OF strong arms can WELD the
shovel or pickaxe even if there is not
much intelligence back of the strength.
A shrewd brain can plan money-mak-
ing schemes which will be successful
as such success goes, without any help
from principle. But food and clothing
and shelter, however elaborated on,
are not enough for any human being.
Every man owes it to himself, as we'll
as to God, to do more than make liv-
ing.
In making life. the whole man
must go to work, The hands cannot
do it alone, nor the head, nor even the
heart. All the powers must cooper
ate. All that is best and finest in US
must be given a chance for expression.
And the manhood which puts itself
into making life, is as much higher
than that which expends itself in max
ing living, as thought and love are
higher than bread and meat or wool
len cloth. The majority of our readers
are still in the preparatory depart
ment of LIES school. You are getting
ready to do certain work by and by.
But what is it that you are fitting
yourselves for? 1t makes all the DIFF
ference in the world-all the difference
in the world to come as well as this,
emember-whether you turn your am
bition and your energy toward making
living or making life.-Young Peo-
Peoples Weekly. ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
TOAD THE FARMERS FRIEND.
=. Estimate That Ia Oh TOAD % worth sac


2i.3 a Year. Ks
From the earliest times the toad has
been associated with many creations OF
the imagination. He, however, has a
true H value that deserves recognition
and appreciation by the farmer. The
shrilll cry Of the toad in the pond is
heard in early spring. The eggs are
Matched IS in q. the water. from which the
young tadpoles must get their living
until they don the leaping boots of the
toad. About July 1 the fields and gar
dens are covered with myriads of
young toads which may be seen on
damp ]: cloudy days or in the cool Of
the evening, leaping about in quest Of
food. 1t has been estimated with some
degree OF accuracy that the toad lives
from ten to fifteen years, but there is
some symptom Of a doubt as to the
age OF toads found buried in solid
stone or trees. The toad cannot bear
the MONDAY sun and. it is really a
nocturnal creature. ! It has regular
haunts and travels in familiar paths
when in quest Of food. 1t feeds con-
tinuously throughout the night, con-
Stunning in twenty-four hours an
amount of food equal in bulk to about
four times its stomach's capacity. An
examination of a large number OF
stomachs showed that SO per cent of
the toad's food consists of worms, i'm
sects, etc; and about 80 per cent of
this amount consisted of insects direct
ly injurious to field crops and garden
produce. 1t has been estimated that
single toad eats in one year enough
insects, which, if they had lived, might
have damaged crops to the amount Of
$40. While the toad does good work
for the farmer, it is to the greenhouse
man and to the gardener that he rem
ders his greatest service If food is
abundantly provided the toad may be
induced to leave it's favored haunts
and take up it's abode in the garden or
greenhouse. The chief enemy Of the
toad is the small boy who destroys
great numbers of them every year. The
toad is great friend of the farmer
and gardener, and as such should have
their hearty protection.-W. B. Ander-
son in Indianapolis News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
Stanley's Punishment.

Stanley gazed down at his petticoats
with grimaca of pain. They actually
hurt him. And every single one of the
squares of gay patchwork seemed to
burn down through them to his knees
as if they were red-hot.
ooh, dear!" groaned Stanley, soft
ly. "I'd rather be starved on bread
and water. That wouldn't be anything
to being a girl! An making patch
work-oh, my! An pretty soon now
some one will call out, Molly, is your
patchwork done?'"
Poor Stanley blushed with shame
All his little brown freckles swan in
the sea of red.
Molly and the petticoats went to-
gether. They were Stanley's prison
stripes. It was only when he lad
been naughty that he had anything tc
do with them. He took up a pink
square and yellow one and matched
them together slowly and clumsily.
But the needle unthreaded, and while
it was being threaded again the pink
and yellow patches dropped back
among the purple and red and blue
ones. Then while Stan-I mean Mol
Twas selecting new pair of patches
the needles slid quietly Off the thread
and hid itself! It was very warm in
doors, but out-of-doors how cool and
beautiful it was! What a good time
the bees and humming- birds were hav-
ing in the red clover! And Clip was
after another woodchuck!
eff were only Stanley again,
guess I'd be out there like everything!'
he whistled wistfully. 20 Gippy, go
for him-go!" -, -
There was no law against his going
out-of- doors. Sunshine and bee" and
Clip called to him Nothing kept him
back but pride-and the petticoats.
For supposing some one saw him! 1t
would be such a dreadful disgrace!
Clips barks rose shriller and faster.
What if the woodchucks were coming
out! With 4 sudden gathering up of
petticoats and patchwork. the boy
darted through the door and out into
the sunshine. He could not bear it
any longer. ~.-.,
Little girl" strange voice called
in his ear. Stanley gave one startled
look, and then the horror CT it broke
upon him The little brown freckles
stood out, distinct. and single file, on
his Whit shocked face. To be called
Little grill" lie scrambled to his feet
and fed to the house as fast as the
terrible skirts would let him. That
was the end of this form of punish
ment. The name and the little ging-
ham petticoats were put away to-
gether. ~ Il g..
please lock them up and lose the
key, mamma Stanley said, .gravely.
II can bear some things, but can't
bear them. I'd rather be good al
ways! "A. H. d. in Youths Com
panion. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29

OF the great altar in the temple Upon
the altar. stands an octagonal cupola
lof solid silver and gold, supported by
slender pillars. In front Of this are
three miniature crystal dagobas or
bell-shaped relic shrines, each resting
on a square base, and two golden can
dlestlcks with lighted candles. In the
small dagobas on either side are dis
played priceless jeweled objects
royal gifts. Within the central shrine
which is of the purest crystal, lays a
large golden lotus blossom, from the
lec:rt CT which, upheld by . twi:~t of
gold wire, is upraised the wo-shipful
piece OF yellow ivory, which to the
unquestloning eye of faith actually
passes for human tooth. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
Training the Puppy.

:. Forest and Stream has given some
wise talk to boys in regard to bring
ing up dogs from puppyhood, and
turning them into good citizens of the
canine world. The writer says: There
are two or three things which you
must try to remember in connection
with the little animal for which you
have taken the responsibility. You
must member, in the first place, that
it is like any other young creature, full
Of spirits, thinking only about itself,
and determined to do those things
which seem pleasant to it. Your ,busi-
ness is to undertake it's education.
You must begin by making it fond Of
you; and that means that you must
treat it kindly, play with: it more. or
less, feed it yourself, and, in short,
cause it to look. to you for all the
things That make it's life pleasant.
Very patiently, very firmly, you must
instruct it, little by little, in good
manners. |z$ You must teach it that
some things may be done, and that
other things are not permitted. You
A1uSC iC1uOi1UCl ludC Ills 1lIC16 dutuldl
has no knowledge of the English Lam.
guage, and that your words, in a new
command, are meaningless sounds.
One of your first duties is, therefore,
to teach it what these sounds are in.
tended to convey, and the lesson is eff.
fectual only by enforcing obedience to
the command as soon as it is uttered.
Thus if you are teaching the pup to
charge, which means to lie down,
whenever you use the word, place
your hand on him and gently force
him to the ground, his legs all under
him and his head fiat between his
paws; but do not be in haste about it..
You may easily confuse and beWilder a
puppy, and it is much better to let his
education proceed slowly than to make
him suffer from unreasonable de-
mands. ###ss5 #ssS II b
@ One reason why boys. and men ALSO
lose patience with the dogs they are
training, is that they forget how hard
it is for the dog to understand what
they mean. Sometimes it does happen
that a dog is headstrong and obstinate
but this is. very rarely true of a puppy.
If he fails to mind. Z the failure is
good evidence that he is not ret famil-
lar with the English language.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
4 Pitby Funeral Service.

Representative j. M. Allen OF Mis-
Ssissippi once heard a pithy funeral
service delivered by. a co1ored preacher
over a dead negro. The negro had
been fond Of attending gay parties,
where he Whistled and danced, and
these practices the preacher did not
approve, SO he said !: MY brethren and
sisters, we are here to pay our last sad
respects to our departed brother. Some
say he was good man, and some say
he was. bad man. Where he has gone
i to we can't tell, but in our grief we
has one consolation, and that is that
hn is dead ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29

A remarkable flint bowldershas been
discovered in England IN a cavity
within the boWlder was found a full
grown toad, which must, when young,
have entered the hole in the stone by
4 small aperture. There bhe unfortu-
nate prisoner waxed to adolescence.
and probably may have died Of chag, !,
rln that he had delayed his exit to-,
long, for the hole afterward became
slited W. The boWlder was exhibited
recently before the Linnean society.
and Is eventually to be placed il Tho
Brighton museum.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
Wonders OF the Deer. Ocean.

d We are very apt to think of the bot
tom OF the sea as hiding sunken ships,
and much treasure, as well as the
strange and weird belongings natural
to the depths. Science digs into the
secrets of the sea and we are continu-
ally learning of it's wonders. The
German deep sea expedition on board
the steamship Waldivia has been for
two years exploring some Of the great
oceans. It has brought some wonder
full and grotesque animal specimens,
and plants, too, to light. They all
bear a resemblance to those already
known that are found nearer the top
of the water, and the strange shapes
are produced by the enormous press
ure of the water. The life of the deep
sea is SO constructed by nature that
{ it may resist the awful weight Of the
tons of water. The strongest steel
ships are not more than pasteb board
boxes, while every man-made thing
that sinks into the great depths of the
ocean is crushed beyond recognition
before it reaches the bottom Those
animals that swim about SO swiftly in
the depths we have been reading Of
are changed into creeping and clinging
creatures in the great depths, while
there are many animals Of the porcu-.
pine variety and a curious collection
of crabs. One specimen Of sponge was
found which they named the needle
sponge; it was of beautiful eolors, with
i the stem or needle 20 feet long and.
very thin: It was found at a depth Of
IL, $50 feet It has been decided that.
most OF these creatures live by chance.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29

The origin Of the tiger as an emblem
OF Tammany is said by W. G. Mont
anye, coffee and spice dealer, in
New York, to date from the time when
William M. Tweed, then foreman Of
Big Six" fire company, took fancy
to picture of royal Bengal tiger
in the elder Montayne's store in the
SOS. Tweed adopted the emblem for
the American club, and it soon was
accepted by all Tammany.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29

The omnigraph, as new instrument
designed to teach the art of telegraphy
is called, consists of a Dashboard on
which are secured an ordinary key
and sounder, between which a disk is
mounted, formed on it's periphery with
teeth. A spring contact adjacent to
the wheel engages the peripheral teeth
OF the disk. Although irregular. the
arrangement of the teeth is arbitrary.
FOR II the disk be rotated by means of
a small crank shaft geared with
the disk shaft, the spring contact is
forced outwardly by the teeth. but
drops back by it's own elasticity and
thus makes and breaks the circuit. The
experienced telegraph operator detect
ing these makes and breaks at the
sounder recognizes them as the dots
and dashes of the Morse alphabet.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29

uniting the cost of water and the
products OF the soda fountains. the
American Grocer estimates that the
national drink bill' for beverages Of
all kinds amounted last year to more
IMAM twelve hundred and TWENTY
eight million dollars. Alcoholic lio-
uors account for more than a billion
dollars; coffee, for one hundred and
twenty-five millions; tea for thirty
seven millions, and cocoa for six mil
l,ons' statistics are given to show
that our consumption of alcohol is not
increasing, and this, of course. il a.
thing to be thankful for; but the seri-
Gus fact remains, that for these bever-
ages-some of which are unnecessarv
and others distinctly harmful-there is
squandered every year money enough
to provide the comforts of life for oil
who are in misery.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29

Exercise cannot with impunity be
neglected, and should be taken reg
ularly and in moderation. Most wo-
men would be all the better for walk
ing four or five miles each day, and,
were they to do so, instead of de-
pending SO much on street cars, good
compilations and trim figures would
be far more common than they are
among those who are no longer in
their first youth.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
HERMIT FULBAS AND HIS HOUSE

pany to me. AS for ny house, it is fin
ished, and I will rest. I will live here
always, for the railroad said l could
have the ground until I die. AS for
my images, they are my own. I know
what they mean, but you never will,
for will not tell you. Some persons
call me hermit. 1t kept me occupied
it kept me from thinking" -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29

r. An Ohio Spectator tainted when he
saw that stocks in which he was in
terested were going down, and when
ne came to he found that he was many
thousands of dollars richer than when
he lost consciousness. Yet a few years
from now he will tell his grandchild-
rem that he made his money by econ
omy, industry, and the exercise Of his
superior ability. ..~*S= a 55G@ d
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
stenchss e compel surrend ,,s

@ During the sieges of medieval times
it was very common for the beleaguers
to throw from their catapults and
other military engines, dead bodies OF
dogs, swine. together with pieces Of
@horsefesh and similar carrion into the
city or castle besieged.. in order that
the defenders might. by the stencil Of
this putridity be forced to q surrea-
der.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29

According to recent regulation,
pupils in the schools Of Saxony will
hereafter be, required to commit to
memory PSI Biblical verses and 1893
verses of hymns in addition to the
catechism. &9& @s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
Porto Rico Needs Dry Dock.

81 Necessity for a dry dock in Porto
8Rican waters is becoming daily more
apparent, and the recent grounding OF
the ayfoWer emphasizes that neces-
5sity Fortunately no damage was
done don to the vessel by that naishap, but
in order to ascertain that fact it was
necessary to resort to the services 81
a diver.
Detroit, Mich, has 8, 72l,717 square
yards Of wooden block paYsment.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
BUDDHA'S TOOTH AN
OBJECT OF WORSHIP

In Ceylon, the Isle of Flowers, the
Buddhist religion is so amalgamated
with the Hindoo mythology which
Buddha sought to obliterate that the
practical result of his teaching has
been to add one more himself
snd innumerable objects to those al
ready SO numerous. The Singhalese
IT'LL place a servile reliance in their
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
VALUE, OF THE FOOT BATH.
Nothing Is More Conducive to Health
.es Than Bathing. ,


g Than Bathing.
Doctors who are not too anxious for
fees unite in declaring that the best
way to break up a cold, which certain
" disfgures the face of beauty as well
as valuable adjunct in the removal
OF facial eruptions, the nightly foot
bath is Invaluable. The largest sweat
glands of the body are located in the
palms, armpits and soles of the feet It
is OF primary Importance that these
multitudinous outlets should be I'M
clogged. Where facial eruption exists
and the whole attention is devoted to-
ward the care of the face, every pore is
active and open to afford the escape Of
clogging impurities This is all wrong.
The feet should be made the gateway
for the escape of effete deposits The
temperature of the foot bath should
range from los and Ito degrees, Or as
hot as can be endured with comfort
Should there exist chronic, profuse and
offensive perspiration add a lump Of
washing soda to neutralize the acid
emulation. The feet should be rubbed
briskly to draw the blood down to the
extremities. Cool the water before
withdrawing the feet, so that they may
not become unduly tender Rub long
and thoroughly with a soft towel.
Good pedal circulation is a foe to corns
and chilblains. Frequent warm foot
hof
walking pleasure For beauty and
complexion take extraordinary care of
the feet..-Chicago Chronicle. "
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29

Mary Owens Of Chicago is said to be
the only woman in the world who does
regular police duty Every husband
can testify that this is incorrect
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-19
Written Records.

There is altogether too much bust
ness done by farmers verbally in the
way of contracts, agreements, leases,
sales and such like business transac-
tions. Much trouble would often be
avoided were a record made at the
time of all such business. And it is
not necessary to employ an attorney
either. For instance, if man is
hired, a piece of land leased or bar
gain of any sort made which involves
future action, just have a book and
write down in full the exact terms
of such contract, lease or sale, as the
case may be. Mems memories, even
the best of them, are too often
treacherous and the written record
of business is Interchangeable.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-19
The Bermuda Lily.

The Bermuda lily was introduced into
this country in 1915. Two plants in
bud and bloom were brought to Phila
delphla by lady and given to florist
This florist. approaching their beauty
and value, cultivated the plants for the
bulbs. Since that time the exporting
or the lily bulbs has been one of the
industries of Bermuda. Very few lilies
are exported, as the cut flowers do not
arrive in good condition. Nor does it
pay to export the growing plants, be-
cause of the duty and the cost of
freighting so delicate cargo. The
bulbs are exported all over the world
and are valuable source of revenue.
Thus these great beautiful lilies have
a new significance. They bloom that
dying they may come to life under new
conditions, where they surpass in beau
" what they We're in their native home.
The cultivating of the bulbs means
special care of the flowers, for to this
care is due the quality of the bulb
Lillian Belts in Woman's Home Com
panion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-19
Origin of Blanket.

Now an eRterprising burgess of Bris.
tol began TO introduce into Bristol a
new manufacture. which eventually
gave him name and immortalized his
fame. Thomas, henceforth known as
Thomas Blanket (blanchette, a white
cloth, set up looms in his house and
hired weavers to make better kind of
fabric-l. e., superior to bluet, russell
faldings. and striped cloth for serv-
ants called Bristol cotton-bleached in
the wool, close woven. almost like felt
and fairly waterproof
AS matter of course, there was an
outcry against this. the authorities,
and the weavers in particular, not lik-
ing TO see foreign and better skilled ar
tisans brought into their town. So the
mayor and bailiffs levied a rate upon
them for setting up their machines.
The king. however, had more perspi-
cacity than they, and by the following
letter relieved the young manufacture
ers of the impolc [sicl burden. 1t is
addressed to the mayor and bailiffs
Here it is given in extenso.l At con-
siderable length it DEGREES that no let
or hindrance is to be given to Thomas
Blanket and others. burgesses of the
said town of Bristol; that they shall
erect such machines as they like, and
there shall be no hindrance nor re
proach [calumnial given them for thus
DOING Letter of Seyer, 1899.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-19

Seventy-five sheep will produce as
many pounds of wool fiber as an acre
of land will of cotton fiber. Today
the wool is worth Is cents and the
cotton 10 cents, which proves that if
it were not for the mutton value of
the sheep and the increase of the
and rope harness and cotton field
would have the better of the north
ern sheep owner. Then it should be
said that the longer cotton is raised
on the same piece of ground the poor
er will it become, while the longer
sheep are kept on the farm the more
fertile will it become.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-19

y
We come upon record. bearing upon
the names of the streets. showing how
these We're witnesses and still remain
witnesses to, the men of old time and to
the Importance of the parish in that
faroff day. 1t has been observed that
the rectors and clergy of Trinity were
among the most conspicuous figures of
the period and that many of the streets
were named after persons or objects
connected with the parish, as, for eX-
ample. Rector street, Church street,
Chapel street, Vesey street and Bar
clay street. 1t would appear that the
right 10 give names to the streets laid
out on the church lands was q prerog-
atiye Of the vestry. We find them
passing Il resolution to the effect that
the streets of the church lands north
of Reade street and at right angles with
the river should be named successfully
Duane, jay, Harrison, Provost. Moore,
Beach and Hubert streets Four years
later they ordered that the four streets
southwest Of Hubert street should be
named Vestry, Laight, Desbrosses and
Watts, the last being called after John
Watts. the loyal recorder of the city of
New York. whose bronze statue now
stands in Trinity churchyard. = Rev.
Morgan Dix's History of Trinity Par.
ish."