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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-05-03

Ing has not been able to open up for
business. hr. Olson has taken tho
agency for the Acme Laundry IN Duluth
and will send laundry in every week.
Thls 10 something that will b apprscis-
ted very much.
Some weeks ago Va mentioned tho fact
that a. L. Shepard had resigned bic
position in the q. s. land ofI1ce and that
he intended tu move to the Pacific coast.
Mr.. Shepard Informs M that he never
intended to leave Duluth hut would
practices before the land Office. and wo
vary GLADLY make the c..rrsction. Wv
n'ted that ''". n"lrts, rap~rs mad, - q
Sd M = 'i)lir}l'h 90, t. -, :. >
"o 4 ~, r"y,,v 4 ,}nr;ry he w sa:tA
from J"m.H G~'zi 1T Lutst, r,,;fFtt 10
wife t~d heeu s'cid:ut'v eho1: It .r.,.s
that 10 tue family vas returning r. IN
their animal trip t., the "sng~r BUSH
the son, who 10 boy about Il yeavs old.
was carrying = rids snd vas waking
hshlod bis mother, tie hxmmer t.f tbe
gun caught in q brush aud 1t WAS did.
charged. the bullet struck bis mother. In
the back after going through tin QUO
and several thicknes1es Of hSavy cloth.
l'r. Jones was there Ou Wednesday aud
fonnd the woman doing ~ we'll se could
b. expected. owing to the ,ularned con-
dition OF tho wound tie built eouid not
- loGateI ~-ss . 90
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-05-03
Mnst Not Tread on the Tail OF.
4 IT'S Coat. Ill.,. .

The Two Harbors Iron News serves
notice on tbs Duluth politicians that
Lake county i TO - 5rsokonsd With
when it com1s to nalainga successor to
Representative Bury. Lake comfy has
had tho uaming Of: one representative,
and its siEs and Importance would seem
to entitle it to do ii. The following
article appeared 10 the last Issue Of tho
Iron News. Since the date Of tho article
A. J. Mc0ss, ono Of tho business men Of
tho village, has been talked Of % csndi-
date.
The Duluth News 'Tribnns 10 deeply
cononrosd in tho selection OF . repre-
sentative for the 51st district, to sue
ssd Thomas A. Bury, Of this village,
who has stated that he will not be q
candidate for tho reelection. The News
Tribune credits Mr.. Bury with two
terms, whereas no has hal but one.
With charming ma9nanimity it selects
4. J. Thomas, of Ely, as q: candidate. on
tho supposi'io that the repress ntative
which 10 accorded to Lake county (the
district is composed OF Lake, Cook and
= portion of st. Louis counties) is to 20
IT, either Two Harbors, Ely or Grand
Marais. This 10 q mistake. Lake
county will undoubtedly persist in it,
demand that it furnish Mr.. Bnry's sue
cessor in conformity with tue established
appor,ion ment of tho represen tation to
which the district 10 entitled. Who Its
candidate will be 10 not yet determined.
St Louis county still retains senator
and representative OF tho district. Ely
is one Of the most iu portant places
north ut Duluth in that county, and it
won'd be very graceful recognition of
its past fealty to the party, to allow it,
to name Mr.. La, bonru's
successor. MIR. l.. 10 an announced can
didats for senator, h.pcs he cannot
ohj:.ct to suoh an arrangement. How.
evsr. this 10 little matter Of st. Louis
conoty politics. which we arc perfectly
willing to allow them to settle a. long
NJ they refrain from making a rug OF
the tails Of Lake countys political coat.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-05-03
he PROVED HIS WORrH.
he Wa the Right Ae,< for q
S01-41ek0w.

"A young man Of somewhat en-
ubsrant deposition" said an old
gentlemen OF hi gh standing IN tn.
community the Other day. relates the
Chicago Chronicle. had been hang
Ing around my girl for, some time
and l saw that unless something
was done before long he would soon
beeomo a member Of the family. I
had frowned upon Me matter right
from the start a. 1 didn't think he
was good enough for my daughter.
But from tho beginning I simply
constituted = hopelsss minority, a.
my: wife thought he w.s . perfect
paragon. I thought 1 knew better
and when one Sunday saw him at
. BAN game was sure Of it.
II an great lover Of the Ameri-
can game and Sunday II the only
day that I have time to. attend. t
have always been very careful to
keep from my wife The fact that I
ever attended game OF ball on sun
day. a. she IL . very strict church
member and views with horror any
one who seeks pleasure on the Sab
bath. 30 when I saw the young man
there At the game thought I had
found way to bring her over to my
eide, knowing full we'll that X I did
his chances OF becoming . member
Of the family were mighty slim. I
hadn't TIE slightest idee that he
had seen me there and thought I
could sta~tle an admission from him
that would show him up In his true
colo - >:ithout danger to myself.
30 when 70 called the other night I
said suddenly:
Young man. where were you last
6undey7"
"Oh, I just sat two rows ahead Of
you" he answered, easily.
THAT threw explanations back on
me and lett me gssping for breath.
"Fine sermon, wasn't it?' he odd
I'd . moment later, coming 70 my
rescue like the trump he 10.
"'Oh. you dear fellow, did you 10
60 church and say nothing to me
about IT, cried my wife. How
lovely! What was the text?'
X was simply incapable of an
swering and again that young man
filled the breach.
Ninety and nine.' said he.
''The score wasn't quite as bad a..
that-almost, though. Say. hes til .
finest young man that ever drew
breath and he can have anything
that belongs to me-"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-05-03
WOMEN BUY 4 HIARsx.
: La cs~sss n. M) u.I pstAe .sAst
9evva SAo1la Aave . Rzep~
Hm0aal VoAAa1a - So s

Think Of = womAn's club buying .
nesrse with it, Arst Official dollars!
That il the odd proceeding Of the " ona-
en's improvement association st Las
Cruces, N. NJ, and - the president,
Mr.. D. c. Billings, puts It proudly:
ITS the only hearss in the county"
This enterprising incident indicates
the uphill work Of elubwomsn IN the
spsrsely settled southwestern states,
who long for some of the advantages
and aesthetics o( so-esllsd civilization
an uphill worn, It may be added,
which Il unknown TO big and thrice
blessed clubs in thickly populated CEN
tiers. ~
The Las Cruces Womsn's Improve
ment association has only II members.
When this ambitious little band organ
lied five years ago, it not only pur-
chased . hesrss TO replace the rude
wagon that had previously served at
the head Of funsral processions, but
set about otherwise to improve tits
small town. made up mostly OF unpro-
grsssivs Nexieans and winter tourists.
They bought . sestio. Of land and pro-
cesdsd 90 convert Il into q park BY
planting trees and putting up;a pa
viiion. Afterward they purchased .
lot for the purpose OF erecting: some
prosperous day, a public library and
clubhouse under one roof.
you elubwomen of the north have
no idea how sway-baek-in-the-Bible-
times these Msxicans," wrote. Nrs.
Billings, according to the Pilgrim. I'VE
women have worked slowly snd At
great disadvantage. Several times We
have applied to outside clubs for help,
but, receiving NO answer. have decided
We must wait and work."
Atpresentth these elubwomen are build.
ing , windmill 10 secure better irri9e-
%ion-another unusual undertaking. IN
deed.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-05-03

r Care Ceast,patios T.,.ver.
IKE csscarets Candy Cathsrtia loo or IA
w: c. fail 70 cure. druggists sfund moiseI
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
An Undesirable BOardel

Some time ago the keeper Of board
ing house retired from business after
having acquired comfortable COM
potency in the course Of about 20 years.
During that period her house became
well known In the city and among the
women in her own business. She new
er realized how well known It was I'm.
til she set out to find q place to live In
herself
a woman nearly as well known as her.
self only to learn that there was no
room for her. It was not until she had
been through the same experience sew.
eral times that she came to understand
that she was not wanted in the estab.
lishments Of her former rivals. Her
reputation for keeping a fine house was
too much for the other women, who
did not want to submit to the scrutiny
Of a former boarding house keeper who
had made a reputation and a fortune In
the business.
where her record could not be used
against her. that she was not the only
woman who had found 1t difficult to
get into a boarding house after having
kept one of her own. When they are
well known. II is practically impossible
for such women to find quarters, FOL
whatever her reasons may be the land
lady does not like to shelter her kind
New York Sun.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
BLUNDERS IN FICTION.
The Queer Mistakes That Are Some
tines Made by AuthOra

times Made by Authors.
We smile as We read and pass swiftly
by the stories of maidens that wander
in lonely woods" at unearthly hours
of night, always clad in "a soft, white
clinging gown" Now, every girl knows
that the average maiden is too much
afraid of tramps and snakes to wander
in lonely woods" The weather, too,
appears to perpleX our nOveliStS, for
not infrequently they begin a chap
ter at dawn, there are a few mo-
ments' conversation, and then the "Sun
sets in lurid banks behind the distant
empurpled mountains"
l am reminded at the outset Of an
English story written by an author of
repute where the heroine in one scene
was made on one page to stoop down
and tie her shoestring, while three
pages farther on, directly following, it
was said of the same girl that she had
remained barefooted the entire day. In
another story blind woman is made
to view the hero through spectacles be-
fore the tale is ended.
In French novel-and we generally
consider French such literary masters
"a heroine is clearly made to go direct
from her bed to the breakfast table,
out shopping, to an afternoon tea and
to dinner in her robe de mutt! Cousins
suddenly transformed into brothers
without moments warning are nu-
merous in this detectives library. Thus
one Is amused to find the most mar
velous mistakes in books which we
think we have carefully read.-Modern
Culture
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
Tendency Toward Extravaganza.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth.

Scotland Neck Commonwealth.
While it may be possible and prob
able that one who says so will be CALI
cd '.growler," or onething like it.
this paper is convinced that the ten
dency to extravaganza is becoming
Characteristic of the age. 1t only
needs very casual observation to re-
veal the truth that in almost every
phase of life extravaganza marks the
trend of affairs. To point how and
whore and by whom this tendency
should be curbed would be task all
too great for one; and it would have
no attractions because it would sub
iect one to the criticism possibly that
he was meddling with matters not
his own. But we are emboldened BY
various observations to say that peo-
pie in almost every walk Of life are
inclined to extravaganza. Our fore
fathers could have lived on what peo-
pie of the present throw away or take
eantoasrsx.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
Have q Home of Your Own.
Edward Box in the November Ladi
Homo .JOurDaI

Edward Box in the November Ladies'
Home Journal.
They are wise young man and
woman who start out in their married
life in home of their own in some
place where they will have green
grass about their home even If it is
only few feet. 1t makes no differ
ence how humble or how modest the
house may be. The smallest box of
a house with a plot of green is q
temple of common-sense compared to
the finest "flatn or 'boarding house"
in the city. If there is anything APP
propriate in this life it is that young
people should live somewhere where
each day, they can see their own un-
I folding lives rejecting in the unfold
ing workings of nature. There is no
beginning, in the home sense, to =
young married life so true, so wise,
so lasting and satisfactory as that.
No life in a city is comparable with
that which is lived in a small house
with green things growing over and
around it, where Gods pure sunshine
bathes and sweetens every side OF the
house during the day, and where the
surcst life-giving odors that God
gives to His children; the odors OF
soil and growing things, are blown
into the house while we sleep.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
PlTH AND POINT.

Very few people want to know the
truth unless 1t fits their prejudice.
Every one who doesn't like you is
looking for a chance to laugh at you.
\ great deal of nerve is sometimes
necessary to keep from being cranky.
You know whole lot IL you know
enough to know you don't know any
thing.
When boy Is not invited to a party.
he hangs around the outside to see how
things are going.
When a dressmaker makes a quilt
out Of silk scraps, the women begin to
look at her with suspicion.
Every one is some kind Of q sinner
The employee too honest to take a post
age stamp will steal his employer
time.
BE sensible with your children. When
you want them to do a thing, tell them
why. Don't tell them they must do II
or take a beating. or that they must do
it because you say so.-Atchison Globe.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
SIGNALING TO MARS.
The Difficulty of Doing So by Means
of Light.

The Difficulty of Doing So by Means
of Light.
The very largest city that this earth
has ever known would be altogether
too small to be visible to a being
dwelling on the planet Mars, even if
that being were endeavOring to see 1t
with telescope as powerful as the
greatest and most perfect instrument
In any observatory on this globe.
If the whole extent of Lake Superior
was covered with petroleum and if that
petroleum was set on fire. then, / think,
we may admit that an inhabitant Of
Mars who was furnished with a tele-
scope as good as that which Perciyal
Lowell uses at Flagstaff might be able
to see that something had happened.
But we must not suppose that the
mighty cOnflagration would appear to
the Marian as very conspicuous OBJ
ject. 1t would, rather, be a very small
feature, but still think it would not
be beyond the reach of a practiced OBJ
server in that planet.
On the other hand, if an area the size
of Lake Superior on Mars was to be
flooded with petroleum and that petro-
leum was to lie kindled, we should ex-
pect to witness the event from here not
as great ard striking confagration,
but as u tiny little point of just dis.
ccrnible light. Tie disk of Mars Is
not large object, and the conflag ra-
ton would not extend over the three
hundredth part of that disk.
It Is sufficient to state these facts to
show that the possibility Of signaling
to Mars is entirely beyond the power of
human rcsOurccs.-Sir Robert S. Ball
in Independent.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
Unwise to Put All Your Eggs in One
Basket.
Carthagr Bla De.

Carthagr BLADE.
As against farmers making cotton
them size crop he Durham Herald has
mis- to say:
"A short cotton crop will seriously
affect those farmers who depend upon
cotton alone As money crop. But
with a soil that will produce any and
everything there is no excuse for do
ing this, and if they still insist let the
blame rest where it belongs
To the Herald the Raleigh Post apt
ly and timely reptile. as follows:
'.The blame, however, does not
properly belong to all those farmers
who are short of rationx' and credit
because Of the failure OF their only
crop-cotten. II we are correctly in
formed those who undertake to fur
nish supplies in many instances exact
such conditions as to crop-planting
that the farmer is or feels compelled
to put his whole strength upon that
which his merchant requires. Nor
| is it to the interest of this class of
merchants that the farmer should
raise his own supplies, for by so doing
he would become independent of the
merchant. 1t is important, however.
and present experience should so i'm
press the fact upon all farmers, that
each and every one raise his full sup
ply of foodstuffs for family and stock.
and thus have the money crops"
! whether cotton. tobacco, peanuts, or
what not, to do with as circumstances
NAV require.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
Old Militia Elections and New

From the American Revolution to the
year 1923 the officers Of the militia of
the state Of New York had been ap-
pointed by the council Of appointment
upon the recommendation Of command
ing officers Of divisions. brigades and
regiments. and the promotions were
generally made according to rank and
seniority. Under the new constitution
and the militia law Of 1923. and In &C.
cordance with the democratic spirit of
the period. the election OF military OH
GERS became the established usage and
has continued until the present day.
The election OF officers In 1923 and fol-
lowing year was attended with consid-
cradle ceremony-ofhcers attending
them In full uniform, and noncommis-
stoned officers and privates In undress
uniform.-Clark's History.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
Ths Curse of the Mortgage Lien Law
Rich Square Roanoke-Chowan Times.

Rich Square Roanoke Chowan Times.
Some of our most observant farm
ers tell us that the great scarcity OF
labor during the pas, summer 10
we are told, is causing many farmers
to- seek other occupations for liveli-
hood. Now, by giving mortgage.
anyone can buy horse and buggy.
corn and hay, Western meat. rent a
farm. The merchant furnishing these
things usual y has to charge from 50
to 100 per cent profit on goods he
sells to such customers as have to
buy everything so that ii only half is
collected the merchant is not hurt
financially. Some contend that the
credit system now in vogue is hurt
full to the farming interest.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
cipline as any remarks attributed tc
General Mileso
CAROLlNA'S BURGLARY LAW.
Atlanta Journal.

Atlanta Journal.
North Carolina is the only State,
we believe, that makes burglary a
capital offense.
The North Carolina burglary law is
based on the we'll founded assumption
that burglar is murderer at heart.
Almost invariably he goes armed
when he breaks into a house and he
will Kill if by doing SO he can prevent
his capture. There have been in our
own State and in Atlanta instances in
which burglars when surprised at
their work fatally shot or stabbed
persons whose residences or places of
, business they were violating. Where
it is known that the crime of burglary
is likely TO be visited with death men
viii hesitate to engage in it. Citizens
Of North Carolina generally approve
the severe penalty which their State
fixes for burglary and believe that it
has a salutary effect.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
The Squirrel Hunters Weapon.

The cream Of squirrel hunting is en-
joyed by the man who uses light rife
of small caliber and medium power.
The 100 long as now turned out by
our leading makers Is an excellent
weapon-in fact. the best in the world
for the purpose. Though not Of sufi-
cient range to be dangerous to people
or stock at a distance, it throws lead
with surprising accuracy to the tops Of
the tallest trees. Good rifle shots al
ways aim for the squirrels head both
to add to the difficulty of the sport and
to avoid spelling meat. And be it
known that squirrels head at a range
Of 40 or 30 yards Is no easy mark. If
q reader doubts this. let him go to the
woods for n day. keep all empty shells,
and ut the end of the day let him try
to make the dead squirrels and the
empty shells tally--E. W. Sandys in
Outing
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-01-09
AN APPEAL.
For the Home Department In COM
munities Where the Sunday School
Goes Into "Winter Quarters.

The influence of home determines all
questions and shapes all destiny.
1t takes the child in infancy, trains IT
through impressionablp youth, and sends
it forth in the world full grOwn-a dnpIi-
cate of father and mother.
''Train up the child in the way he
should go and when he is old he will not
depart from it !"
Un-~s the child is converted to God
during it's youth the probabilities are
against its salvation in maturity and old
age.
Bible study and Bible knowledge in the
home. is the source OF all these potent
alities Toitis due, the march ofprOgr' So
in all lines ofthought and activity. From
| it must come the power to meet all de-
mands and solve all problems.
1t lies within the power of the Christian
home to direct the moral impetus of the
youth, and toconvert thenations during
| the Goth Century, to the religion Of the
| Lord Jesus Christ.
As President of the North Carolina
Sunday School Association, | earnestly
| pray a more sincere and frequent Bible
study on the part of our people.
The Home Department established in
every community, and especially in those
communities where the Sunday School,
| by virtues of circumstances, have to go
into winter quarters, would aid nightly
in accomplishing this end.
1t is simply an organization for every
body who cannot on account OF age,
| sickness, busy employment, etc, attend
Sunday School, with the simple cOndi-
tons that each member devote thirty
minutes during the week studying the
| Sunday School lessons.
| 1t is in charge of a Superintendent
! whose business is to pass around weekly
| and monthly, enquire about the work
and distribute literature and take cOntrl-
| buttons.
| The winter quarter communities might
resolve into the Home Department
| Work, and under the guidance of their
| Superin tendrnts and visitors, be directed
in the continuous study OF their Sunday
| School lessons during the cold wintry
months, and when Spring opened come
together with no break in the Interna
tional Lesson System, and with greater
knowledge and love of God.
Let all such communities consider vel
the possibility of the Home Department
and give it trial, beginning Xmas.
Yours in the work,
GEO. II. CROWELL.