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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
Potash Manure

The best and cheapest is that
neglected home product-wood ashes.
These contain an average of five per
cent Of potash, besides sensible
amount OF phosphate, and a very large
amount Of carbonates Of lime and mag.
nesia; they are an all-round plant
manure so far as mineral matter Is
concerned, supplying each ash ele.
ment. Unless the farmer can bring
into active form the great store of
potash in his SOIL, he will then; have
to buy the German potash salts, the
muriate or sulphate. These salts are
yearly coming into greater prominence
as potash fertilizers, but. their sale in
Michigan in separate form has not
been large: The influence of potash
Oh plant life Is masterful I: DO. plant
can grow without It, and its influence
In developing the carbon drates, and
maturing fruits. Is marked and appar.
emily control Hing. s*s s..E5 ,z5 s555.s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
Irrigating With Steam Pumps.

Some very important experiments
in irrigating by means of pumps have
been recently made at the Arizona
station. The water was pumped from
a well six inches in diameter and 4s
feet deep. A communication from the
station says:
One six-inch we'll 4S feet deep, with
a slotted strainer located in a 12-foot
gravel stratum, furnished over 800
gallons of water per minute, or some.
thing over 6,400 cubic feet per hour.
During this run $40 acres of alfalfa
were irrigated in % hours and As
minutes at a cost. of about $3.50 an
acre for fuel. Since at this season
of the year alfalfa is usually irrigated
once in from fourteen to twenty-one
days, it is quite probable that twice
the quantity of water was required
for this irrigation that would
have been required under nor
NAL conditions. Taking this as
probably true, the cost of irrigatine
alfalfa would amount to about 65
cents per acre under normal condi.
tons of dryness and frequency. The
following figures are based on a cost
Of about $2.25 cord for wood.
Computations from the data Oh.
tanned from the tests that have been
made will no doubt be of interest,
though incomplete, and are given be-.
low.
Cost of fuel for irrigating alfalfa,
covering the surface of the ground:
One inch deep, 10 lie per acre; 3
inches deep, 39c per acre; inches
deep, So 1-2c per acre: s inches deep,
$1.17 an acre.
Area that could be irrigated in "a
hours, covering the surface of the
ground:
One inch deep, ~ acres; 2 inches
deep, 81 acres; inches deep, ID
acres; 6 inches deep, Z acres.
Size of farm that could be irrigated
by running "a hours each day if an
irrigation be given to the successive
fields every fourteen days, covering
the surface of the ground:
Two inches deep, 294 acres; 8
inches deep, 1876 acres; 6 inches deep,
SO acres.
Size OF farm that could be irrigated
by running 10 hours each day if an
irrigation be given to the successive
fields every IA days, covering the sur.
face of the ground:
Two inches deep, 122 IL acres;
inches deep, 81 2-3 acres; inches
deep, 40 rs acres.-J. J. Vernon.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

There are several kinds of birds
that go through regular movement
to which the term dancing may prop
erly be applied. Some of them even
accompany their movements with
notes uttered in a way to make one
think they know the connection be-
tween dancing and music.
The jacanas, species Of rail bird
feed in focks, and every now and then
they stop and rush to a certain spot.
from six to twelve in cluster, and
then all move about with their wings
raised. Those who have seen them
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
The Land Of Make-ReIieve.

nc Lana OF Make-Befieve,
IL IS well to wander sometimes in the
~, Land Of Make-believe,
through its ever-smiling gardens. where
the heart may cease to grieve. :.
"heIe the beds are gay with roses and
the paths are paved with gold.
And our hopes, like4asoaring songsters
their mercurial wings unfold. : '
Let us all be little children for while
-, and make our way 4 * ..;.,.,
Through the sweet and sunny meade
land Of Make-believe to-day.
Thoro,. * -: % =. -, =: -'a%.,
Anere;s queen within an arbor, where
- she rules in, high renown, q.
With lily for a sceptre5 and a rose
- wreath for a crown 5 s.32E; nv -
And her laws are love and laughter. for
they know not sorrow there:
Never hate or pain OR monev.sent H.
her kingdom fair, =. : s:..''S1 : Al
50 we snd sing ,,'s, The songs tie sing
A. w ana pay the ganIes they play !. -
Make believe to-day s. s1... - Va
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
The Last of the Flowers,

In the early part of October the
beautiful fringed gentian may still be
found, while the witch hazel glorifes
the thickets Of it's abode, and, with the
seeds Of its last years flowers, bonn.
bards the intruder. Late asters and
f1eabanes also linger, and now and
now and then one OF the children of the
spring-a violet or dandelion-shyly
begs notice and tender caress as a
little stranger in an inhospitable world.
But for the most part the flowers have
departed, leaving in quaint and won
drous seed-pods their pledges of sure
return when spring bids them awake.
Country Life in America.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
A Great Mans Small Victory,

Cecil Rhodes was dead and people
were saying that Alfred Belt was
worth $375,0OO,O0O, when visitor at
Ostend noticed an unpreposse sing-l look
ing man he knew slightly playing
earnestly at 'tpetits chevaux." A lit
tie later he met his acquaintance leav-
ing the Casino, and the first thing the,
little man said was: ~,~>-:
What do you think? I have just
won $50!"
1t was Alfred Belt, who, while Cecil
Rhodes lived, worked tirelessly in the;
shadow OF the greater man and in:
partnership with him, and who is now
the head and front of the South Afri-
can mine owners. And the incident
sums up his career.-Everbody Mag
aZine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
Recourse,

In this quandary the highwaymar
bethought himself to consult lawyer,
Good sir" said he, ION the one
hand my conscience will not permit
me longer to do that which is unlaw.
full, while on the other hand it is not
practicable for man, at my age, to
change his employment
incorporate under the laws of New
jersey 'quoth the lawyer, readily
enough, for it CHANGED that he was
learned in the law.-Life.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

"That is my boy handling the yawl.
He'll fetch her up. This is a small
furry for him!"
After the boy made the boat fast,
his father introduced him to the ship
owner, who praised him for his sail.
or's knowledge and at once asked him
to become masters apprentice in one
of his fine vessels.
Thus began his career, for not many
days after little John Paul sailed from
Whitehaven for America.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
Dakota Vetch.

Herewith We illustrate Dakota Vetch
(Lotus Americanus). This is plant
native to Dakota, Kansas and other
states of the Northwest. It is one of
the valuable forage plants of the
ranges. The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has made thor
ough investigation of this plant and
recommends it for cultivation. In
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray,
nurse in the Children's Home in New
York. Cures Feverishness. Bad Stom--
ach, Teething Disorders, move and reg
ulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms.
Over 10000 testimonials. At all drug
gists, Csc. Sample FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy; N. L.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
How the Coal Miner Progresses.

I'm twelve years old, goin' on thir-
teen," said the boy to the boss of
the breaker. He didn't look more
than ten, and he was only nine,
but the law said he must be twelve to
get a job. He was one a multitude of
the $4,000 youngsters of the mines,
who, because miners families are
large and their pay comparatively
small, start in the breaker before many
boys have passed their primary school
ing. From the time he enters the
breaker there is rule of progress that
is almost always followed Once
miner and twice boy-breaker, the
upward growth of boy to man, break
er7boy to miner, the descent from man
hood to old age, from miner to break
er-boy; that is the rule. So the nine
year-old boy who is twelve, goin' on
thirteen" starts in the breaker.-Rev.
John Mcdowell, in Worlds Work.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

AS the little yawl sailed nearer the
land the onlookers saw that she was
steered by a boy, who was also handl.
ing the sheets, and commanding; a
man aboard merely trimmed" the
boat by sitting on the weather rail.
When John Paul, ST., who was
among the crowd, saw the Grew" " he
turned to the ship owner and said !
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

The maybe has long been notori-
GUS for stealing things, but he is a
saint compared to some Asiatic birds.
The ravens, which abound in Indian
cities, steal by wholesale and take
anything they can lay their beaks on
whether they can make use of it or
not. Jerdon, an English writer, says
that in some places every house is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
instant Relief From Ess,esnatism ana
Neurainia s5

Neuralgia.
Here Is g case: Mr.. Z. Shepherd Of
5W y Sunderland, ]. Ohio, says
my wife suffered severely from rheuu-
.hatism, and neuralgia. She could not
get one moments rest and was nearly
crazed with pain. Obtained instant re-
<lie1 and "a permanent cure by ''sing
the contents Of one bottle. of St.. ia
,cobs Oil. There is no other remedy
in the world that will do this. The in
Simultaneous effect which st. Jacobs
vi produces is a part of its half a CEN
fury record St. Jacobs Oil is sold
in Is cts. and SO cts. sizes by all drug
gists.s The words :Acts., like Magic.''
"Conquers Pain,'' which have been
used in connection with St. Jacobs Oil,
for more than so years are wonder.
fully and truly descriptive. 49,.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

COLES COUGH CURE CURES GROUP.
Mrs. G. Mason. Black River Falls Wis, saws:
-! know OF no remedy for Group that com ares
with Coles Cough Cure and have used many
attacks of this disease The children like it, it
gives immediate relief and it cures. 1t is a
most valuable cough remedy" Every bottle
guaranteed. Is, and SO cents, by all druggists
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
Marriage Would Cure Hin

Marriage Would Cure Him.
Mr.. Gumpps-That boy will never be
good for anything until he marrics.
Mrs. Gumpps-I suppose not.
Mr.. Gumpps-No; he's got to get
over the habit of hanging around the
house.-New York Weekly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
To Fill Bottle. .s\vith s -, -; r.

Rinse out one bottle with Eha ran ~,
and another. bottle with spirits ~
salt next bring the bottles together
mouth to mouth; both will 1t once 4.
p E''7Ar with white vapsors.. Tha
sYapoorss in question are composed !. 81
sal 6 amt m g solid body generatedi
sty the union Of tWosinvisible s, .s ,, I, {
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

some parts of the West it grows in
vast quantities, and the seed could
be easily gathered and a start made
in its cultivation. It is bushy-branched,
about foot high, with small, yellow.
ish flowers, and slender pods about an
inch long.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

ing material or frewood. The pro-
ceeos OF the expedition must serve for
a iong time, for such an Argosy is
not 1aunched and freighted every
year.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
Gone Before.

Gone Before.
81 didn't think I'd find you in. to-
day. said the subscriber. They told
tend a; funeralrto-day."
$50 did, replied the Western ed
itor, but the funeral was indefinitely
postponed
Indefinitely" /:
Eyes; the fellow was after skipped
the town" -Philadelphia Press
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
An Unfailinu Sion

, she-1 knew you would propose to
me tonight. - ,
He-Why? .~.,..~s. . -~ "a. ,,..,..
II saw the moon over my left shout
der."-Life. ~ * ., s,,.,.s..s =. ~, q: -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

It pays to keep the barns in good
condition. a farm can be kept up
only by constant attention. q little
work must be done year by year.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
Natural.

Natural.
DO you think the color of that con.
spicuous girls hair is natural?"
Eyes" answered Miss Cayenne, after
a moments inspection, ito some peo
ple."-Exchange.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
Conservation Of Enernv

Conservation Of Energy.
What was your idea in. having Der.
tina learn typewriting?'
well, she was always DRUMMING
with her fingers, and 1 thought she
might as we'll do it to some purpose. u
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
To Dodge the Tax Collector.

70 Dodge the Tax Collector.
why do you call yourself Poor
Rlchard?" fool once asked of Dr.
Franklin
ITO deal more shrewdly with the tax
collector" replied the maker of the al
manac.-Detroit Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

No one would ever be bothered with con-
stlpation If every one knew how naturally
and quickly Burdock Blood Bitters requ-
lates the stomach and bowels.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

Cures Group, sore, throat, pulmonary trou-
bles-Monarch over pain Of any sort DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

Seine mems doan' d like to be ad der
boddom Ut der: ladder: dey wish to
ged down insder celler, yich is lower.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teethng, softens the gums reduces in
1ammaton, aays pain, cures wind coitc 25c bottle
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

The cloak of friendship is not al.
ways protection against the cold
shoulder. /.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

TO CURE A COLD IN THE HEAD.
Apply Coles Carbolisave in each nostrtl At MIGHT
and your head will be clear in the morning. Is end
" cents All good druggists sell 1t.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

Success is the buffet at which your
friends click glasses and wish you
luck. ..x
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

Every man is like the company he is
wont to keep.-Euripides ID: #s.. +
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
What 1t Wore

What It Wore.
"You say the evening wore on. What
did it wear?"
"Why, the close of the day. .ot
course. University of Minnesota
Punch Bowl.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

.ss - 81 early bird cate the worm
but the worm was Hohbled s,lp. :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
Occasionally.

occasionally.
Summer Boarder-I suppose you
dent have much excitement around
here?
Farmer Cobcss--Well, every once in
while somebody gets buncoed-
Puck. =; :; -, -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28
GETTING Back.

do you enjoy walking?" ..
Immensely ,..-. .s,ESSt.
Good Then I'll take you for ride
in the country on my automobile. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-02-28

IN w n - mo : 6 e 1902.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-09

Bears the q The Kind You Have Always Bought
'', "a IA6Azzezzx

There are 500 Chinese students in
the colleges of Japan and 500 more are
to be sent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-09

pendent on their winter stores as the
chipmunk is, for red and gray squirrels
are abroad more or less all winter. while
the little hackhee sticks to his den from
fall until spring.
The woodchuck works on Il differenr
plan. He stuffs himself all spring, sum
mer and autumn, and becomes so fat
that he needs no food at all in the win
ter. SO he digs a long, deep burrow.
which usually winds about among rocks
and tree roots. and near the end of it
he makes snug nest Of leaves or grass.
Then he plugs the entrance with soil and
leaves, to keep out cold air, and goes to
sleep, to awaken i'll February or March.
with a thin body and Il ravenous appe-
tite
The flying squirrels, too, sleep away
the winter, but their slumber is less
sound than that of the woodchuck. They
do not wake up to eat. SO far as | know,
but if, on warm day in winter. one
taps gently on the hollow tree where
they have their nest. they will come out
in one. two, three order. and sail away
through the woods.-Ernest Harold
Baynes in New York Evening Post
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-09

his thirtieth birthday with barely a
thought for such IAN indulgence as WOO
ing and wedding he declared humorous
ly that when he was Il little less busy
he would send home an advertisement
for wife. preferably Il decent sort Of
widow" and yet so unconsciously near
was his fate that only year later he
was introducing his bride. Mary Moffat
to the home he had built, largely with
his own hands, at Mabotsa. From that
''supremely happy hour to the day when.
eighteen years later, he received her "last
faint whisperings'' at Shupanga, no man
ever had a more self-sacrfcing. brave,
devoted wife than the missionary S
daughter. Ia fact, they were more like
two happy. light-hearted children than
sedate married folk, anu under the magic
of their merriment the nardships and
dancers of life in the heart Of the dark
continent were stripped Of all their ter
rors
Jean Paul Richter confessed that he
never even suspected the potentialities Of
human happiness until he met Caroline
Mayer, that sweetest and most gifted
of women when he was fast approach
ing his fortieth year, and that he had no
monopoly of the resultant happiness is
proved by his wife's declaration that
Richter is the purest, the hottest. the
most godlike man that lives. F" s. = To
be the wife of such Il man is the greatest
glory that can fall to a woman" while
of his wife Richter once wrote: 81
thought when [ married he- that I had
sounded the depth of human love. but
have since realized how unfathomable is
the heart in which Il noble woman has
her shrine. Selected
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-09
Toilet of the Elephant.

In an interesting little paper upon the
grooming of wild animals it says that
from every point of view the toilet OF ti.>z
elephant is by far the most interesting
performance of the menagerie. 1t re-
quircs. at least four weeks to complete
the toilet Of a single elephant. The oper-
alton is very expensive. The assistance
of the elephants valet de chambre must
be engaged by the day or week, while
an experienced valet-he is known by
another name-must be engaged to super
intend the work, usually at large sal
process must be purchased by the hun
dredweight. the sandpaper by the gross
and the oil. an important ingredient, is
used by the barrel. The toilet of a single
elephant will not infrequently cost as
much as $400.-Exchange
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-09
A Southern View
OF the Domestic Tvrant

Picture to yourself the man Of family
lie PROVIDES home for them, he sends
the children to school; perhaps-perhaDs
he makes his wife an allowance
Ihouen tnls ne does not consider incuIn-
bent.
All these things he accounts unto him
self tor righteousness, and on his balance
sheet he JOtS them down in large clear
hand to his credit. This done. he closes
the book of self-esteem and opens thu
tome Of the law Of man. Now these laws
are few and brief, but very much to the
POINT ana he hves by them to the letter
The first says: "In thine own house thou
art IT, and no one shall gainsay thee "a
any way or for any reason; and the sec
ond and the third, even unto the fifth
law, are like unto the first When the
man closes this book he is ready for am
thing.
He may make himself as ahsoln+o1,
disagreeable as he pleases, and becai1sse
he has provided food and raiment. and
because he is the Whole Thing. nobody
may gainsay him.
He may find fault with the housekeep-
ing and the housekeeper he may rail at
the expense of running such an establish
ment, he may. storm at the bills, at the
cost Of schooling, at the number of eggs
consumed daily; he may make meal
times SO uncomfortable that his children
are crippled with indigestion for want cf
the good sauce of laughter and banter
with their food, and yet, because he is
the father Of the family and head of the
house, his i'll temper must be borne in
silence and with the utmost patience.
The domestic tyrant is the Grand
Mogul and the Great Panjandrum in
one. There is no appeal from his die
tates. He laws down the law and ex-
acts obedience. He is the autocrat Of
the breakfast. dinner and supper table.
and it doesn't make the fillip of a finger S
difference to him that his wife's aunt
or his daughters sutton are guests at his
festive board as long as he has the floor
and can listen to the tempestuous sound
OF his own voice. laying down the law.
1t is impossible to argue with him
since he is always in the right If the
smallest contrary opinion lifts its timid
voice he is ready to exclaim, like the
Queen in Alice "Off with it's headr'
His pathway is strewn with heart
aches and wounded feeling and sprinkled
with the briny tears of the feminine por-
ton of his family. who are so uncere-
moniously thrust out of his consideration.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-09
G. "A s. Eo RIA
Bears the y The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature eS s>N2zzzzx
Il Young Folks Column. q
The Robin and the Boy

The Robin and the Boy.
1t was warm and sunny day
In the glory of the year
robin on : lilac spray
Was piping loud and clear.
But rs he sang he turned his eye
Upon the path below.
And there Il lad was passing by
With idle step and slow.
And louder grew the robins song
The woodland 70 entrance:
And yet that urchin sfrolled along
Nor gave the bird Il glance.
He climbed stile with lazy feet
Because no gate was near.
Then down Il lane with woOdbnc sweet
I watched him disappear.
We'll. wcll.' the robin seems to cry.
And shook q ruffied wing,
Il do believe he passed me by
And never heard me sing.
And yet | did my very best
To I'LL HIS heart with glee.
Upon my word, I'm glad the rest
Are not SO deaf as he
John Lea in Little Folks.