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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
When Pasturinq Rape.

There is some danger from bloat
in turning animals on rape pasture,
especially if they are not accustomed
to it and eat it greedily at first. 1t
is best to have prairie or tame grass
connected with the rape field, or at
first to have feed rack with hay or
straw accessible. It is also safer at
first to have the stock full of other
feed, either pasture or grain, SO they
will not be hungry and eat too rap
idly. Some farmers practice turning
their stock on the rape from other
pastures and leaving them there only
an hour or SO each day, until. they
become used to it, I have generally
found little, difficulty with animals
put on rape for the first time, as they
prefer other foods until they learn
to eat the rape plant anG seldom over
flL-Prof. E.. A. Burnett. , ,..5 III. &.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
q Plant Poisonous to Hor,se.,,,

sst5SA Plant Poisonous to Horses. j.
We presume that all Of our readers
are familiar with the first plant here
shown, as it is very common on farms
over a very large part of the country.
II Is known as .Horsetail (Equisetum
arvense): The two upright stalks at
the left represent the fruiting stems,
which are pale yellowish In color and,
come up in early spring (April-May)
from the roofing branch below. In
the center is such an underground
branch bearing bulbs or tubers. From
these same underground parts the
much-branched, many-jointed green
shoots arise little later MAY and
June) as represented at the right.
THESE continue to grow all summer,
and 1t is these that cause the poison
ing.
The Vermont station has been max
Ing an investigation of this plant,
which 1t finds to be the cause of many
deaths among horses. AS a result,
bulletin IS has been issued warning
farmers against feeding this in the
nay. In part the bulletin says: This
plant passes under several popular
names, of which the best, because the
most commonly used, is common
horsetail. Others are coltstail. fox.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
Hints to Shropshire Breeders.

AS this is the season to wean lambs
they should be carefully marked with
ear labels before separating them. II
you do not have the labels write to the
undersigned. 1t will be we'll to re.
cord all of your lambs while their
pedigrees are fresh in mind. The
high price of beef has materially in
creased the demand for mutton and
higher prices will be paid for pure.
bred sheep this season than ever be-
fore. Registered Shropshires are still
maintaining their lead as the most
profitable wool and mutton Sheep
Our membership increased more dur.
ing the past year than ever before in
the history of the association. If
you have any good photos OF your
sheep, or any unusual records in the
increase, or weights of lambs, kindly
send them to the undersigned.-Mor-
timer Levering, Secretary, Lafayette,
Ind.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
MIX POLITICS AND SOCIETY.
Feature Of English Life Fortunately
Lacking in America.


Lacking in America.
A writer in the Cosmopolitan calls
attention to striking difference be-
tween American and British society
which is evident to everyone acqnint-
ed with both countries. That is the
strong influence of society on gorern-
ment and politics in Great Britain and
it's almost total lack of such nf1u-
ence in America. In England the
king, while practically stripped Of
constitutional dictatorship in even the
smallest governmental matters, ex-
ercises great influence through his
position as a leader of society. The
cabinet minister who is so unfoltun-
ate as to displease him or set aim
self directly against his will may
always be visited with social gtra-
cism, and there are very few men in
public life to-day to whom this would
not be serious matter. For social
ostracism has a way of descending
even to the third and fourth genera
ton and the man who is able to rise
above such seemingly petty consilera-
tons when applied only to himself
can hardly be willing to see his wife
and daughters, to whom society nee
essarily means more, suffer. II the
United States, on the other hand the
presidents have, as rule, beei men
who either cared not at ali for society
or were entirely happy in theit OWE
circle of friends and disliked tie dis.
plays and worries entailed by what
the daily press calls social position.
The American woman of thesmart set
rather prides herself on her ignof rance
of political conditions and show a
complete Indifference even at the time
of a presidential election. In Great
Britain society ard politics are allied
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
HE KEPT HIS WORD.
Missionary's Vow May Have Been
Rash, but 1t Was Adhered To.

Missionary's Vow May Have Been
Rash, but 1t Was Adhered To.
From an anecdote told by VIM. Ele-
roy Curtis in his yankees of the
East it may be inferred that the at
titude of the small boy toward fence
is the same in Japan as in other
countries.
Mr.: Gobel, the missionary, built him.
self a modern house on what is known
as The Bluff" south of Yokohama,
and surrounded his grounds with the
first fence that was ever built in that
part of the world. 1t was made of
bamboo palings, and the boys of the
neighborhood used to annoy the good
missionary greatly by rafting sticks
against it as they ran along the street.
The British admiral lived just above
him, and had very natty Tommy
Atkins for an orderly. He wore little
round cap on the northeast corner of
his head, and always carried a little
cane of rattan in his hand. One morn
ing, having been sent with a message,
Ae dppedleu pe1O1e LAe duAulIdl Will
his face bruised and his uniform bat
tered and torn and covered with dust.
Mercy on u.s." exclaimed the ad-
miral, in establishment at the spec
tacle. What has happened to you?"
81 beg your parding, SIR" replied
tommy, 'but as was coming along
hup the i'll a-rubbing my stick against
the missionary's fence, sir, e come
hout in is pajamas and said as low e
| 'ad vowed by the grace of God to lick
the 'ide off the next man who did that,
and e done it, sir"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Burlington than IN other sections Of
the state, and when one considers that
only a. small proportion Of the cases
are brought to the attention. Of a
veterinarian it becomes evident that
the loss is very serious. II When speak.
Ing before farmers Institutes during
the past two years we have frequently
shown the plant, described the symp
toms and asked the experience Of local
morse owners. In every such Instances
tnere have been cases Of sickness or
death OF horses reported by local
Aorsemen, and in some places sam.
pes of the suspected hay have been
1urnlshed and the plant found./ .ss
experiments have been conducted
at the station during the last two
winters with a number of horses.
me horses died as a result of feeding
hay of which one-fourth was horse
tail. -.
We have no evidence that horses
grazing upon the green plant are
poisoned thereby. It may be that the
plant is less poisonous in the early
stages of it's growth than when ma,
lure, or the laxative effect of the
grass eaten with it may prevent the
cumulative action Of the poison.
moreover the plant rarely occurs in as
large quantities in pastures as in
meadows and apparently rarely need
cause apprehension. If, however, it
IS ABUNDANT close watch should be
Kept upon horses pasturing wnere it
occurs that the animals may be re-.
moved at the earliest symptoms OF
trouble.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

tail, pine-top, pine-grass, meadow
pine, jointed rush, snake grass. 1t is
common native plantsand doubtless
more or less Of it may be found on
almost every farm in the state. The
plant thrives best in sandy or grav-
ely soil which is moist portion of
the season, or where the soil water
rises to within few feet of the sur
face. Its occurrence in hay fields in
serious amounts is apparently re-
stricted to low moist meadows, not
frequently cultivated, and it has been
observed in greater abundance in
sandy over-flowed intervale meadows,
where it is mixed with marsh grass
es' or sedges, and the "polypod
brake, better called the sensitive
fern, see figure 2. It's frequent &C.
currence with this "polypod" is doubt
less responsible for the suspicion of
many horsemen that this fern is also
poisonous to horses. Attention has
been given to this matter also during
the present Investigations. Without
going into details we will simply
state that no convincing evidence has
been obtained that lce 'polypod" is
poisonous. While we have made no
feeding trials ourselves, we have
learned OF the results of those made
by others where no sickness came
from feeding much Of this fern. Our
present conclusion is that the cases
OF poisoning attributed to this plant.
which is very conspicuous one in
the hay, are probably always due to
the, less conspicuous horsetail which
may be present in considerable
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

being made OF thick iron bars. The
prisoners never know how long they
will be detained il this terrible place,
as they are not allowed to be present
at their trial an interesting custom
which. 4practic ally insures their con.
yiction, unless they are in q position
to oil the machinery Of Justice. \ Their
friends, il they have. any, bring them
food as the state does not dertake
to feed them, and they get their water,
for drinking and bathing out Of d cask5
set outside the door. Alt gether, the.
ordinary convic prison of America
seems like a5 haven off luxury COM
Jared to- this roe -hewn penit entiary.i
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

ing the erection Of . brick building
q recent arrival from Cork applied
for e job. and was employed as bod.
carrier after a being instructed that he
must always carry up fourteen bricks
/: ia his ,hod One morning the supply
of brick ran out { and do his best the
new man could find but taairteen ID
putin his bod !, 81 answer to IA loud
yell from the street one Of Il the ma;
sons on the Blk Ii story staging
shrieked down .5z3
THAT do you want g? Is.
row me llo own wan 5briclk SAID
y Fat, pointing To- his bod make
ms number good
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
MIXED RELIGION AND WORK.
Philadelphia Negro Sings Hymns
While He Wallops Mule.


While He Wallops Mule.
A coal-black negro perched on cart
who alternately walloped bay mule
with a snake whip and sang snatches
of hymns in a high key caused a stir
and much merriment on Germantown
avenue, at Wayne Junction, yesterday
afternoon, says the Philadelphia Eve
ming Telegraph. The negro saw no in
congruity in his double performance,
and the mule, Judging from the way he
laid back his ears and essayed to kick
the bottom out of the cart, saw no hui
NOR in the situation. But the onlook-
ers, who were at first shocked at the
sacrilegious aspect of the negros con-
duct, finally succumbed to the ludi.
crousness of the affair.
"Neahah, my Cod" sang the eb-
ony-hued driver, the sacred song being
cut short by the "crack!" of the snake
whip shifting the mules flank, ITO
thee" rang out between two skill
fully prolonged "c-r-a-c-k-s!
which were resented vigorously by the
heels of the hybrid. "E'en though it
be- twanged the negro, soaring
the animal into a run with singing
blow on the elongated right ear-tthat
raiseth me-" continued the black
skinned Jehu, in the midst of success
sion of reports of pistol-like sharpness
which sent mounted policeman .clat-
tering in pursuit of the fast-disappear-
ino nagrO tho crackinoc IF uyboco
whip continued to drown alike the
words of the hymn and the laughter of
the spectators.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

81 ! -
amounts without attracting attention.
The horsetail 10 the more likely to be
overlooked because as the hay dries
it becomes quite brittle and breaks at
Its frequent Joints into short pieces
Poisoning Of horses by. this plant is
doubtless Of frequent occurrence
throughout the state. During the
past two years one of the authors
Is. R. D s. his prof ssional work
about Burlingt has lad twenty,
three cases w unque tionably due 10
this form of poisonin &. while his rec
Eords show sforty-oE e cases which ne
80 attended within ave years. There
III no D reason SO believs that more of
This trouble occurs fl the vicinity 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
Beet Pulp Cause Of POISONING

We recently heard Of case where a
farmer had several cows maze sick
by eating beet pulp. On killing the
animals their stomachs were found a.
very bad shape and nearly punctured
He could give no reason for it. but
charged It to the eating OF sugar beet
pulp. We doubt II this was the cause.
Not long ago one Of the stations il
the West investigate similar trouble
and found 1T due to the presence OF
lead dust: The lead dust had. become
mixed with the beet pulp by the pulp
being transported IN. cars IN which
lead ore had been hauled. This is ia 8
factor that must be looked out for. as
the ailroad men probably do not know
that they are endangering the lives
Of cattle when they use . dirty ora
ear Tor hauling food Tor farm an1mals.
a.l The man that would be success.
ful farmer must exalt his calling
Moreover. hs must study g
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

There were 103 British war vessels
at Spithead, ostensibly for a naval
review. The real reason is they got
together to protect themselves and
other British shipping from Mr.. J.
Pierpont Morgan.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

With the present outlook in the
coal market, now is the time for in
7entors to bring forward their pro-
cesses for storing and utilizing the
heat rays of the sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

That petrified ship beyond the Yu-
kon may be the ark. or may simply
show that attempts to lift what is now
the Americas cup have been made
ever since the stone age
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

gie's plan for dying poor is that as
fast as he gives away one big fortune
he goes to work and accumulates an
other.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

~ A New York man was detained as
an insane person because he threw
away his money in London. Surely
there must have been some other evi.
dence
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Persons should be careful about
experimenting with queer medicines.
The Pennsylvania farmer who tried
the bee sting cure for rheumatism is
now an object of interest to the near
est undertaken.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

A Cleveland, O., paper sneers at
the American recipients Of Prince
Henry's souvenirs as a "job lot OF
citizens, anyway" The trouble seems
to be that there wasn't Cleveland
man in the whole bunch. r
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

At recent family reunion in In
diana there was one man present who
had seen six generations of kinsmen-
and still had SIS in his pocket that
hadn't been borrowed.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

On the government experimental
track between Berlin and Zossen, Ger
many, trolley was recently run at
the rate of 10 miles an hour. See
what we are coming to.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Manifold are the uses Of the injunc.
ton. Now prosecuted Chicago
bachelor applies for one against a
woman who persists in trying to mar
ny him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Experiments at. the University Of
Chicago have found that mosquitoes
have a strong preference for dark red
and blue. They still seem to be able
to find the white spots now and then.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

King Edwards head is not SO uneasy
as it was before the coronation. A
= tactful woman saved him the annoy
ance Of getting his crown on crooked.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

The veracious story from Bay City,
Mich, that girl there is supposed
to be turning to marble, should be
warning to girls who are developing a
marble heart.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

The cruiser Chicago has arrived at
Cronstadt, Russia. We shall soon
know if vodka is all it is cracked up to
be as an intOxicant.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

More oil in Texas. That once inin1.
ical state is in danger of floating off,
some morning, on wave of petroleum
and prosperity.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

The Earl Of Dudley. who has Just
been appointed lord lieutenant Of Ire
land, may already count on having.
several million enemies. II
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Senator Clark's new $2,0uv 900 man
sion is temporarily obscuring that
other Montana product, Mary Mac
Lane
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

The Alaska earthquake was not an
event of much Importance, inasmuch
as it did not shake any gold nuggets
out of the ground
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

A skeleton with an eight-inch jaw
has been found in Texas. Lots of
good senatorial timber was wasted in
the past.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
Now If Hobson would get married
perhaps the girls would let him alone.

King Edward has been "coronated,"
but Mrs. Maybrick has not been hber-
ated yet.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

The man who hints that he "dies
for his family's sake'' generally has
some coward or crazy reason of his
own.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

makes any mistakes they will be
mere slips of the Tung.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

The Missouri river will have to keep
its snags or employ some other dent
list. Uncle Sam gives up the job.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

The man in Venice who doesn't
want to go to church now has rat
ting good excuse.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Let it be said for Polar Explorer
Baldwin that he got back without
relief expedition, anyway.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Prince Chen has proved that he has
the constitution of a diplomat by sur
viving a fifty-course dinner.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11
Jail Cut Out of a Rock.

Jail Cut Out Of a Rock.
What is probably one of the most
unique prisons in the world is located
at Santa Rosalia, Lower California. It
is cut out Of the solid rock, the gates
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

After all, can Cuba be blamed for
wanting $35 100000? Who doesn't?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Wanted to Obey Orders.
The late distinguished architect
Richard M. Hunt, used to relate tina,
in his younger days, while supervis
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Venezuela seems to be suffering
from an overdose of Castroria.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-11

Naturally Europeans are curious to
see three real soldiers. -
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-07-02
Larger Locomotives.

In the movement for increase in size
and weight OF motive power, the Santa
Fe leads. Following the installation of
thegreatest freight locomotive ever built,
it has just placed in service about forty
speedy new passenger engines that take
twelve-car trains over one and one-halt
per cent grades with case, and make
schedule time. The engines weigh about
200 900 pounds and the tender about
10000 pounds additional. The tenders
are constructed to carry ten tons of coal
and six thousand gallons of water,
The performance of these engines in
the plains country is quite as remarkable
as in the mountains. A special consist
ingot thirteen Pullman cars. was recently
taken from Chicago to Kansas CITY at
an average speed exceeding thirty-three
miles per hour This included all stops
and delays from any cause for run of
ass miles accomplished in thirteen hours
and thirty-nne minutes. The weight OF
the train was approximately six hundred
and thirty tons. No attempt was made
to establish a record-only ordinary con
ditions prevailed. The time could have
been clipped an hour without reaching
the pulling limit. S. w. Manning, New
England agent, 1872 Washington ST.,
Boston.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-07-02
THE INSIDE HISTORY
OF A REMARKABLE CASE NOW PUB
LISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Mrs. Nichols Makes Statement, Telling
to the Best of Her knowledge the
Causes Which Led Up to This
If 4 Nai

Mrs. Nichols Makes Statement, Telling
to the Best of Her knowledge the
Causes Which Led Up to This
State of Affairs.
The following facts, says the Belfast,
Me-, Republican Journal, have never
before been published. The incident
caused much comment at the time and
it was thought worth while to make an
investigation. With this end in view,
a reporter called upon Mrs. Elisabeth
Nichols at her home in Searsport, Me-,
and obtained the following information.
She said:
"AbOut six years ago my nerves broke
down completely and my whole system
became wreck. suffered dreadfully
from indigestion and my eyes were very
weak. I had frequent fainting spells.
Finally my sight failed me entirely and
| had to have my eyes bandaged all the
time"
"This state of affairs" she continued,
"lasted for year, when was forced to
90 to bed and stay there constantly. [
became so weak that could only take
could not feed myself and sleep was
almost impossible. This lasted another
year and | was then in such q state of
nervous exhaustion that when my people
wanted to make my bed they could move
me only few inches at time. had
become extremely thin and was still
losing flesh. / had tried nearly all the
medicines in the market, but failed to
find any that helped me"
"But how were you cured?' asked the
interviewer.
"I'll tell you. My condition finally
became so critical that my family ex-
pected me to die any day. Then my
husband bought some DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and three
days after l began taking them / could
eat without assistance, and i'll week [
could sit up and be dressed. After l had
taken five boxes of them began to gain
flesh. I continued the use of Pink Pills
for Pale People until I had taken ten
boxes and was able to help my family
pack up and move to a new home.
After reaching there [ took two more
boxes of the pills and have been able
to work hard and take care OF my
family of five people ever since"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are sold at fifty cents a box or
six boxes for two dollars and fifty cents,
and may be had of all druggists, Or
direct by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-07-02

When a Turcoman belle is to be set
tied in life, the whole tribe turns out,
and the young lady, being allowed the
choice of horses, gallops away from
her suitors. She avoids those she dis
likes and seeks to throw herself in the
way of the object of her affections. The
moment she is caught she becomes the
wife of her captor, who, dispensing
with further ceremony, takes her to
his tent.
The bride race is also an established
custom among the Kalmucks, and the
girls are such excellent horsewomen
that, we are told, it would be impos-
slble to catch one against her will