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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-26
KNIGHT OF HOBRy-HoRs1

KNIGHT OF HOBBY-HORSE.
He rode away with flashing eyes
TO fight in distant lands:
His charger was coal-black steed.
His sword was in his hands.
Il may be gone a hundred years.
He said, land so farewell!
The papers I shall send to you,
My valiant deeds will tell"
His mother waved last good-by
And sped him on his way.
When you come back to me- she
cried,
Twill be a happy day!''
He rode across the nursery,
And through the garnet dim,
linen paused to view the country round
Beyond the windows rim.
The day was warm, he journeyed far;
He said, ''I'l rest awhile,
And then again my steed and I
Will ride full many a mile
They found him there as night came
on,
His flashing eyes were closed;
With arms around his chargers neck
The warrior reposed.
Youths Companion.
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the other, waiting. At the head of the
bed, upon the floor, was a washbowl
in which lay a mass of dark brown
curls.
Thornton had seen them cut from
their place, sacrifice to necessity
He had seen that near the roots they
were Of another color-verlly as red
as the sunset. But he had not been
panied by the revelation. Strangely
enough he had been relieved.
He was not thinking of them now
HIS gaze was intent upon the blue
velned eyelids of his wife.
"She will open her eyes presently"
the doctor had said in leaving; but
you must not be surprised if she
does not know you. 1t sometimes hap
pens under such circumstances that
the mind is affected for
Thornton had understood, and was
grateful for the uncompleted sentence.
SO they sat, he and the nurse. In
distinctly the murmur of voices came
through the open window from the
piazza below. Tiptoed footsteps passed
and repassed the door, A yellow but
terhy poised for a moment upon the
window sill to rest.
The nurse raised a finger to her lips.
Thornton's hand, hanging at his side,
clenched until the nails all but cut the
flesh. His lips were almost white.
Slowly, flutteringly, the lids of the
sufferers eyes were lifted. She drew
long, signing breath. For an in
terval she seemed to see nothing.
Then her lips moved, and the faintest
semblance of smile showed upon her
face.
"Jack!' she whispered.
THANK God! o, thank Cod"
sobbed Thornton.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-26
Instruction in Wax.

About ten years ago Secretary Brack-
EFT OF the Iowa State Horticultural So
clety took up the work OF modelling fruit
in wax and coloring it to resemble as
much as possible the natural product.
This work attracted the attention OF
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture, which soon found opportunity
to place him in Washington at the
same work. Since that time he has at
tanned national. reputation, his work
being very true to nature. The wax
fruits Of the department have been on
exhibition at several Of the large expo
sitions, and have proven valuable OBJ
ject lessons. They have the advantage
over real fruits in that they retain
their form and freshness. BY this
means all varieties of fruit can be
shown at any time Of year. This is
especially valuable in relation to early
summer apples, and all the softer
fruits which would soon decay if ex-
hibited in a temperature comfortable
for human beings. This is method of
instruction that will be much used in
the future. The student of pomology
must have always at hand the pat
terms of that with which he wishes to
become familiar. 1t is probable that
our state societies will find it prof1ta-
BILE to devote each year a small sum
to the accumulation of wax models.
Ultimately, the use of these will pass
beyond the bounds Of the horticultural
societies and agricultural fairs. and
will come into use in our high schools.
especially those that are centers Of
the rural population. Also the stu
dent that can afford them will find a
private collection profitable.
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The press dispatches differed some
what in detail, but that from the Trib-
une is the one preserved in Thornton's
scrap book, and therefore may be &C
cepted as authentic.
A team of horses standing in the
driveway at a little distance from the
tennis courts became frightened and
unmanageable. With scarcely an in
stant's warning they plunged into the
grounds. Men shouted, women
screamed, dogs parked, hoofs thun-,
dered; the wheels of landau crashed
against tree. For moment silence.
Then, gasping, the spectators surged
into the courts.
Ahead of them all was Thornton.
He was upon his knees by the side Of
his wife before even the other players
had recovered themselves sufficiently
to realize what had happened. AS the
throng came forward he arose to his
feet, motioning them back
"She has been struck upon the
head" he announced, "but she is not
dead. Keep away, please, and hurry
for a DOCTOR"
Then he dropped to his knees again,
his lips whispered words of endear-
ment and anguish, one hand holding
one OF her hands, the other gently
stroking the blood-soaked curls of her
dark-brown hair.
The doctor came "Your wife," he
inquired, with kindly brusqueness, his
fingers deity working about the
wound.
Thornton nodded.
The doctor smiled reassuringly. ct
is not so bad" he said; there seems
to be no great fracture, but she has
had shock that may last her long
time. We will remove her to her
room, think"
Two hours later Thornton sat at
one side Of the bed, and nurse at
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-26
Odd Request at Siege.

A correspondent OF the London Daily
Mail, writing Of the siege of Christi
ana, in South Africa, says it is not
without it's humors. s'For instance. -
he continues, ''the other day, field cor
net Scholtz favored us with a. flag of
truce and list of miscellaneous re-
quests. He contemplated grinding a
little corn and wished to fix up a
windmill for that object. Unhappily,
an abnormally large screw was neces-
sary for the enterprise, and the field
cornet didn't happen to have, one with
him; but he knew of one in Christiana
that would suit his purpose. Surely.
our commandment would let him have
that screw!"1< r. =, 49,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-26
Bird Lighted on Preachers Head.


A rather amusing incident occurred
on recent Sunday evening at the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in
Miami, Fla. The auditorium was we'll
filled with people, who were intently
interested in the sermon which was
being delivered by the Rev. c. Fred
Blackburn. Suddenly small bird flew
IN from the open window, circlins
round the room, lighting for a moment
on the seats, then circling round and
round the room. The attention of the
audience was directed from the words
OF the speaker, when all at once the
bird settled quietly down on the head
of the preacher. "A swift stroke of the
hand and away went the little bird
Florida Times-Union and Citizen.
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THE ORIOLES PERIL.

community of birds had establish
ed themselves in certain grove.
birds of many kinds-orioles, robbins,
blackbirds, bluebirds, catbirds. There
were three pairs of the orioles, each
pair With their nest in different tree,
but all close together, and all on good
terms. And they were On good terms
with their neighbors, too, though the
male blackbird occasionally got into
trouble by coming too near the orioles
nests. One day the whole community
was found to be in an uproar, scream
ing and flying about in state of great
excitement, the cause of which was
soon discovered. One of the female or
loles had got her head caught in the
sharp fork of limb, and there she
hung, fiuttering, and unable to help
herself The birds of every kind had
assembled around her, and were as
much excited and as incapable of rem
dering assistance as crowd of human
beings would have been under similar
circumstances. They merely dashed
about from place to place, and flut-
tered and screamed; all, that is to say,
except the other two female orioles.
which tried to release the captive b.
dashing at her and pulling at her tail
feathers. This, however, seemed only
to wedge her more tightly in the fork.
Meanwhile. the three male orioles SAT
side by side on a nearby limb, not
making move Of any kind The wit
ness of the strange scene was sur
prised to see them inactive al such :.
time, but they must have bee1 taking
counsel with each other, for present
ly one OF them flew to the place where
the captive was hanging, and strad-
ding the fork that held her head, he
caught her by the back of the neck aud
gave her a tug that pulled her free
Then he dropped her; out she recov-
cred herself Immediately, and few to (.
limb, where she began arranging her
rumpled feathers. Philadelphia
Times.
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Fruit Notes.

Fruit Notes.
Alabama.-Pears and grapes are of
good quality.
Arkansas.-Apples have improved in
some localities.
Florida.-This state is setting a
larger acreage than usual in straw
berries.
Georgia.-The peach crop is nearly
gone.
Washington.-Apples are small on
account Of dry weather.
Oregon.-Early apples are scarce.
Prunes will yield fair crop, but
the fruit will be small though of good
quality.
Kansas.-All eastern counties ex-
cept Wilson report fruit in good con-
dition. Fruit is fair to good in central
counties though it would be benefited
by rain.
North Carolina.-The fruit crop ap-
pears to be failure in many localities
on account Of excess OF rain. Apples
are dropping and peaches and grapes
are rottipg. Tomatoes also are rotting
badly.
New Jersey.-Excessive rains have
caused the cracking of peaches in
northern and central counties and
there are many complaints of the rot
ting of plums. grapes and tomatoes.
Apples are very scarce.
The Secretary Of Agriculture has
sent a corps OF botanfsts into the range
states for the purpose of investigating
poisonous plants with a view of arriy-
ing at the most feasible means of their
destruction.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-26
THE SPARROW

There is great deal said about the
disagreeable traits Of the sparrow.
There must be some foundation for
this general feeling against him, yet
there is much to be said for the ener-
getic, sturdy, little chap; and some
experiences leads to the belief that he
is good friend to the farmer He is
the first hungry little fellow in the
spring to pounce on the caterpil1ars
and insects that are so destructive to
the farmers crops, and he keeps at it
until the grain is ripe, and he only
asks ins return for a little grain to keep
him through the fall and winter. So
few know the reason for the introduce
ton of the English sparrow that it is
only fair to tell it often. Many years
ago the streets Of New York were lined
with beautiful trees. Each spring as
they put on their tender foliage they
were attacked by an ugly green worm
called the inchworm. These would eat
the trees perfectly bare, and then hang
by millions from the trees by a silken
thread. They became such an intoler-
able nuisance that many people had
the trees cut down to get rid of them.
After the Introduction of the sparrow
this nuisance ceased to exist. He is
said to fight and drive away other OF
our valued birds, but he is fairly we'll
behaved in such respects and lives in
peace with the catbird, robin, orio1e,
flicker and others about my home
and he is a CHEEKY companionable lit
tie chatterbox in winter.
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When Ha|f-GodS Go.
BY D. H TALMADGE

BY D. H. TALMADGE.
copyright, 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Believers would have called it Des-
tiny; ulbelievers coincidence;
Thornton himself called it nothing,
and blessed it from the bottom of his
heart
He contemplated his bride proudly,
happily, from vantage point on the
hotel piazza. She was playing tennis
with agility and skill which mark the
expert; her shapely arms bare to the
elbows, her lips parted slightly, dis
closing the tips of her strong, white
teeth, her eyes shining, her face
glowing. More particularly than her
other features he noted was her hair,
Tor he was one of those to whom wo-
mans hair is her browning glory, and
he had fallen in love with this cluster
of dark-broWn curls even before the
shafts from her eyes had entered his
heart, OF the words from her lips had
enthralled his understanding. Men
sometimes do such things.
He had been told-and he smiled
now at the recollection-that he would
wed woman of red hair. A gypsy
woman had told him so years before.
A red-haired child playing about
camp had been chosen as a mark for
his callow wit, and the mother had
overheard. She had come forward
into the midst Of the group Of visitors,
and had shaken her finger at him,
speaking in tones that Kissed.
lis the badge Of my shame she
had said, "but I am not of the sort
that suffers in silence. His father was
such as you. I believed what he told
me. He has never seen his child
Then the hiss of her voice had
changed abruptly to a shrill cry
Curses upon him and upon those
who jest at the innocent child All,
smile on, young gentleman. You think
me daft. Yet take heed to what I
say. A woman whose hair is red as
the sunset shall be your bride and she
shall bear you child whose hair shall
be in color as the berries of the moun-
tain ASH
1t was not dire prophecy. Thorn
ton had not permitted it to weigh
upon him heavily; still, he had
thought Of it more than he cared to
confess. He had mild horror Of red
hair. Furthermore he disliked the
idea OF being cursed. Such curses
mean nothing, OF course, but they are
unpleasant; they threaten the wool of
a mans dignity and menace his SELF
confidence.
He had not told his wife of the in
cideHt. He had not considered it suf-
ficiently consequential or interesting,
and there was a possibility Of her TAX
ing it seriously. He had a fine sense
Of consideration for feminine nerves.
He had reasoned the matter thus:
We have been married three days, and
not drop OF bitterness has entered
the bowl of our bliss. Suppose tell
her the story. She might laugh and
pass it off lightly. Again, she might
not. She is different from all others
OF her sex-vastly more charming, far
more sensible, and yet, loving me as
she does, she might allow this ridicu-
lOuS thing to Dlav havoc with her han
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-26
A VERY NAUGHTY DOLL,

Here is story of little girl who
had been misbehaving, and for punish
ment her mother threatened tn 90
away and leave her. The little girl
was sitting on the floor playing with
her doll while mother was putting on
her bonnet. Give me kiss, mamma
before you go away" she said. 'No
not one. couldn't kiss anyone who
has been so naughty" answered her
mother, and by this time her bonnet
was. on, and she was in the act of
opening the door when she heard her
little girl say to her doll: you are a
very naughty doll, Jessie. and T will
go away and leave you until You are
good. No, will not give:you one kiss
you are so naughty. I'll just put on
my hat and go with mamma and she
did. for mamma was not able to cone
with this brilliant piece. OF strategy
$500
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President said: 'Rr. S&srsnA. do yon
think this Is case which viii warrant
my interfsrsnce?' With my knowledge
Of the facts was tho reply, I should
have no hesitation in granting a par
dom Them returned Mr.. Lincoln, T.
will pardon him. and he signed forth
with the paper. The gratitude of the
mother was too deep for expression,
save by her tears, and not word was
said between her and MIR. Stevens I'M
til they were halfway down the stairs
on their passage out, when she sud
denly broke forth, in an excited man
ner with the words: I knew it was
copper-headed lie!' What do you re-
fer to, madame?' asked Mr.. Stevens.
Why, they told me he was an ugly
looking man. she replied with vehe-
mence. He is the handsomest man I
ever saw in my life" Jokes at the
expense of his personal appearance
never bothered Mr. Lincoln; in fact, he
rather enjoyed them. He used himself
to tell this incident: I'm the days when
| used to be *on the circuit 1 was
once accosted in the cars by a stranger.
who said, Excuse me, sir, but I have
an article in my possession which be-
longs to YOU How is that?' | asked.
considerably astonished. The stranger
took jack-knife from his pocket.
rms knife said he, was placed in my
nands some years ago, with the in
junction that 1 was to keep it until I
1ound man uglier than myself. |
nave carried it from that time to this.
Allow me now to say, sir, that think
you are fairly entitled to the prop~
erty.'"
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GYPSY CHILDREN.

whenever there is trail over which
a wagon may pass there the Gypsy
travels, and with him goes his family,
in which children, horses and dogs are
about equally numerous. They are the
most travelled children in the world,
these youngsters of the snug and gaudy
wagons, and that region through which
they once go they intimately know,
not as more fortunate children know
it, from guide books or the lips of
others, but from varied and perhaps
bitter experience of it's ups and downs,
it's fair and foul weather, and it's
friendly or unfriendly folk. In the
Wilds of the sharp-ridged Alleghenies
or on the sun-beaten trails Of the great
prairies, they are as much at home
as in camp on the outskirts Of New
York, Chicago or st. Louis. 1t is
wild and varied life they lead, but by
no means an idle one. Except among
the lowest classes of Gypsies, the chill
dren are carefully trained to the hardy
life they must lead. Only "the am
bulanters' Gas the Gypsies contemptu-
upon whom even the tramps look
DOWN let their little ones grow up
with no more training or instruction
than if they were animals. In repre-
sentative Gypsy caravan out on the
trail, every human being more than
four years old has his or her allotted
work. Often the tasks of the children
q ho hon ~ a.
At sunup they are astir, for the true
Gypsy starts early to make half his
days distance before the overhead sun
makes travel irksome. Out of the
wagon, or perhaps from under it, if
the night has been warm and fair,
tumble the boys and scatter through
the dew-beaded grass-this one to look
to the horses, that one to gather dry
wood for the breakfast, another to
gather whatever seasonable wild fruits
are to be found; a fourth to carry
buckets of water. If the water near
which the camp is pitched is fish-in-
habited, there is a joyous mornings
task in catching the speckled trout
and the gamy bass, or il not these at
least the hungry and gayly-hued little
sunfish. Meantime there is plenty to
occupy their sisters Breakfast things
must be got out and in order; shawls,
curtains and bedding must be spread in
the sun, and the wagon put to order,
just as if it were a house instead of
household on wheels. The true Gypsy
is not a slovenly person. He takes
pride in the neatness of his wagon and
his fellow-Gypsies Judge him from it;
so his wife trains the children to be
good housekeepers. After breakfast is
over and the things cleared up the
family takes the road. This is the part
that the Gypsy boy enjoys, for there is
usually several spare horses, and he
has the glory Of riding one of them.
And early he develops into an expert
horseman, and, if the truth h. told, an
INSCRIPTIONS horse trader. It is no
unusual thing to see twelve-year-old
boy chaffering with some sharp-faced
mountaineer, old enough to be his
grandfather, over a proposed "swap"
of more or less broken-down horse
foc sturdy native trotting mule. II
the boy gets the best of the trade, as
usually happens, all is we'll. If it goes
the other way the young trader comes
in for severe beating from his faith
er-Indianapolis News.
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A bushel Of corn makes four and
one-half gallons OF spirits, making it
cost 1914 cents at go cents a bushel
for. corn. At As cents the spirits cost
10 cents, a difference Of 31k cents.
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\, What is the difference between a
good duckshooter: and man that
steals a paintings "One brings the
.canvasback, and the other Doesn't 4szs
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR. OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

The Toilsome Tasks Required by Gyp-
sizes of Their Children-If a Boy Got.
tho Worst End of a Horse Trade His
Father Whips Him.
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piness. 20, Jack" she might say, 81
knew it was too sweet to last. am
to die, and red-haired creature is to
take my place. %, why have you told
me?" Why, indeed? I haven't, thank
goodness, and I won't.
He shuddered slightly, and lighted
cigar; then, glancing right and left
along the piazza, he marked the ad-
miration in the eyes that were look-
ing at his wife. and beamed proudly
The game went on:
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THOUGHTS
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pauline Frances Camp.)
A thought within a busy brain
Once grew, and grew apace,
Ontn it could no more remain
In such a narrow space.
30 springing from the loosened tongue
1t winged its airy fight
In loving, helpful words that sung
And made sad heart light.
Another little thought as sweet,
BY silence was held fast
TIL the great Reaper stayed his feet
And set it free at last.
It found its life in flowers rare
And tears and tender speech.
But they that Deaths pale colors wear
No loving words can reach.
All! little thoughts fly forth today
A flock of white-winged birds.
Go, full Of love, to cheer the way
AS kindly, precious words.
Rest not, inactive. useless, vain,
Till Death your torches light.
But shine right now, through sun and
rain,
And make each dark place bright.
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1t Is true saying that the right
kind OF poultry managed in the right
way Is profitable. But when we have
said that we have given a very wide
latitude to the assertion. For in
management we comprise innumer.
able questions that must be settled one
way or the other and the settlement of
which questions has In it the whole
question Of profit or loss in the trans
action. The poultry business is at
that point where it takes brains to
make money out OF it. Brains means
not only native intelligence but also
good fund Of information and the abil-
ity to apply that fund Of information
to the conditions as they exist in any
place. One writer asserts that three
times as many people lose money
through poultry as make money. How
does he know? Has he a list of the
people that have tried poultry rails
ing and failed or succeeded? OF course
not. It is without doubt true that TAX
Ing people as whole more make a
success than failure of it. The man
that makes the remark quoted doubt
less referred to those men that have
put large sums Of money into the
poultry business and made that their
one effort in life. If that is his mean
ing he comes nearer to being right,
but 1t would be mere guessing to say
what the proportion is.
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We cannot always o5lige, but we car
always speak obligingly.
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Potato Gossip.

There have been a good many re-
ports that the rains Of late July caused
the sprouting OF potatoes which had
been prematurely ripened by the ex-
cessive heat Of that month, but which
had been allowed to remain in the
ground because they were too small
to dig. Nature abhors a vacuum, and,
encouraged by the moisture, started in
on new crop with the intent OF filling
the barren hills. II frost is delayed
until late in the season and rains are
seasonable fair yield wiz be returned
by some OF those obliging potato
vines that are working overtime.